The Slow Slide (+ Buttermilk Biscuits)
Yesterday (Sunday) morning I woke up early and slipped down to the kitchen to make breakfast. These days 7a is not as early as once …
Christmas in Casa (+ Sesame Butter Cookies)
[Point Reyes National Seashore, November 2011.] I started writing this post, no joke, about two years ago. Well, I actually didn’t write anything in here …
Disjointed Thoughts on Motherhood at 3 a.m. (+ a Persimmon Cake)
[Persimmons on Bloomfield, November 2013.] At 3 a.m. the world is quiet and still. Now that I am not living in the city the night …
Fall is … (+ Whole Wheat Persimmon Muffins)
Turned leaves. Extraordinarily warm days in Sonoma County. Brief trips to the coast. Sunday brunch with old friends two weekends in a row sans child. …
These Lazy Days (+ Clare’s Apple Cake)
[From Land’s End, October 2013.] Sun for days, sun for miles. My last Indian Summer in San Francisco for quite awhile and I am soaking …
Life (+ a Blackberry Crisp)
[Ocean Beach, September 2013.] And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the …
On the Cusp (+ Plum-Cocoa Cakes)
[Point Reyes National Seashore, January 2013.] Fall Song Another year gone, leaving everywhere its rich spiced residues: vines, leaves, the uneaten fruits crumbling damply in …
A Bit of Blackberrying (+ Pectin-Free Blackberry Jam & a Blackberry Pie)
Blackberry-Picking Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week, the blackberries would ripen. At first, just one, a glossy purple clot Among …
Strawberry Hand Pies + Summer’s Waning Days
[Sebastopol, August 2013.] These are the golden days of summer — foggy some mornings, yes, but clear and warm for the rest of it. Miles …
(Vegan) Strawberry-Maple Muffins
Fickle weather this week in San Francisco: A few glorious mornings of sunshine have been tempered by the usual and omnipresent fog, reminding me of …