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[Louie and me, post lick, photo by Brian.] I love dogs — always have, always will. I love cats, too, but there is just something …

[Our modern-day interpretation of the seder plate] Dear Kate, Today I came home after dashing (well, as quickly as one can ‘dash’ on a MUNI …

I have a strange relationship with breakfast. In high school, dragging myself out of bed at the ungodly hour of 5:45 a.m., I usually had …

On Saturday I went to Rainbow Grocery for the first time — perched on the edge of the Mission District, it is a vegetarian, organic …

Now that spring is here, I might have to give my oven a rest for a bit and make more on-the-stove, or raw, dishes. But …

Spring officially arrives today, though if you’re like me, you’ve been enjoying the later daylight hours for over a week already. But this is the …

I subscribe to Cook’s Illustrated not only for the straightforward, homey advice on how to cook the perfect waffle (the trick is to make the …

Moscail do mhisneach a Banbha! Today, the American St. Patrick’s Day, is appropriately grey and chilly here in San Francisco. It makes me think of …

Isn’t it funny how one’s choice of words can really cause something to sound even better than it is? For example: tomorrow night I shall …

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of digging deep, engaging in the sort of internal dialogue that raises questions such as What is my purpose …