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Tuesday afternoons after work are for listening to Beethoven on the classical station and watching the clouds stream past the windows very quickly on their …

[Baby chard from the Fillmore farmers’ market, July 2007] The other day in San Francisco it rained and yesterday was cool and breezy, almost fall-like; …

[Saturday lunch, July 2007] I’m often starving after — and during — my runs, and all I can think of, really, is: veggie burger, cheese, …

Bastille Day is rapidly approaching (this Saturday, for those keeping track), and I for one will be celebrating with a bottle of French wine. I’m …

I have been a baking fool lately. Last week, a good friend of mine arrived in the States from his post in Jerusalem to spend …

Tomorrow marks an experiment I fervently hope will be successful: grilling salmon and veggie kebabs on a mini portable grill. Merci to Crate and Barrel …

[Spetses harbor, photo by Kurt ] It’s official. I’m going. In a little over a month. And I will hopefully see these views many, many …

Basil, pungent and sweet, waits for me again this week at the markets. If I were not afraid of falling into a dull pattern I …

How sweet I roamed from field to field, and tasted all the summer’s pride. — Wllm. Blake It’s my season, at last. Oh, today was …

First things first: I’ve started a little recipe collection here (a link is to the right, as well) that’s pretty slim at the moment, but …