The Perfect Crunch
[Cranberry ‘jellies’, December 2010.] I’m a big fan of homemade gifts. BIG fan (this is lucky for me, because I’ve heard some elves in Maine …
Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Main Dishes
[Dinner, quickly, November 2010.] I had planned to do a post today about vegetarian main dishes appropriate for the holiday table, but all that has …
On Greece, and Remembering
[Spetses from the boat, August 2007.] My coworker just gave me the August issue of Saveur, which is the Greece issue, and just a quick …
Me and Meat
[A cow I won’t be eating, on the Bolinas Ridge trail, March 2010.] The wind was whipping about a bit the other night as I …
New Favorite
My brother has become adept over the years at introducing me to vegetables I’ve ignored — or rather, overlooked. I don’t have a particular aversion …
In August
I think when John Steinbeck wrote in East of Eden ” … and mixed with these were splashes of California poppies. These too are of …
Confessions (1)
{Roasted tomatoes with lavender, for an npr story, August 2009.] Here it is: I absolutely might consider breaking up/not even going out with someone if …
A Slice of Cake
[Des fleurs, April 2009.] I was talking with a friend the other day as we’re wont to do, and somehow during the course of it …
From the Harvest
[Pumpkin, barley and root vegetables, November 2008.] For all of my incomprehension about just how exactly we’re right smack in the middle of November and …
See You There?
[Not from Ad Hoc, but still pretty good, July 2008.] For ages I’ve been dying to go to Ad Hoc restaurant in Yountville “for the …