A Lemon Yogurt Cake (with Flax Seeds)
[Marrakech rose, May 2014.] June. On Saturday we walked and walked in Rabat just here and there in the Casbah and the medina where I …
Apple Cake, Revisited (With Maple Syrup + Some Spelt Flour)
Dearest readers, a small confession on this Mondayest of Mondays: I lately have not eaten as well I can and ought to eat. I had …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Back in the Bay (+ Emily’s Scones)
I’m in back in the golden state — home again, home again, jiggity jiggity jiggity jig. After a pretty packed week in Sebastopol I arrived …
Baking Abroad (+ a Fruit and Almond Cake)
[New kitchen, July 2013.] So the way it goes when your husband works for the U.S. Foreign Service and you’ve been posted abroad is that …
(Still) Stuck on Rhubarb
My house is a mess, a maze of boxes and dust and things-to-be-discarded; laundry needs to be done; I have dinner guests coming tomorrow night …
Strawberry-Basil Crumble/Crisp
Writing my cookbook was an interesting experience for me and not just because I was burning through 5-pound bags of sugar at least once a …
The Tuesday Treat: Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here.