Summer is for Baking Pie
[4th of July baking, July 2011.] Suddenly, am obsessed with making pie. I’m not sure why this is exactly — maybe because it’s been so …
The Dream of Cake
[Cake for Whitney, May 2009.] Once, a few years ago, I had a long layover in Munich on the way back from Thessaloniki to Washington, …
I Just Had To
[The sky the other night, February 2009.] Probably one of the last things you’d think of doing after being out for a solid 12 hours …
Of Blood Oranges and Windy Days
Once, a very long time ago, I was staying for a week or so at the house in the woods probably because my parents had …
Alone in the Kitchen, with Cake
Like clockwork, every year just before Christmas I catch a cold. Perhaps it’s because it’s our extra busy season at work, or that I’m realizing …
Saucey
[2008 apple sauce, October 2008.] When I was growing up we had in the backyard from roughly June through October (or, some variation of): plums, …
The Sweetest Season
The Summer Day the twilight saga: eclipse ipod Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This …
Fogged
[Trees, Pierce Ranch, November 2008.] Yesterday I went to Pt. Reyes with some old pals and walked along a nearly-deserted Keyhoe Beach and took photos …