A New (Favorite) Thing: Rhubarb
[In the kitchen, Sebastopol, May 2012.] The fall after I graduated college I went to hear a lecture by Isabel Allende, who was speaking to …
Nettle Pesto? Nettle Pesto!
“Bring home some nettles,” I told my husband a few weeks ago as we parted ways on a sunny San Francisco Saturday. I was headed …
(Not-too-Sweet) Strawberry Jam
The good news is that after my expression of teen angst last Friday San Francisco turned on a dime, helping us to forget a soggy …
In Spring, Vegetables (+ Cabbage-Kale Salad)
[Climbing the Filbert Steps, San Francisco, March 2012.] March, which seemed to trod along quite slowly (no complaints here) is suddenly over and here it …
Six Years (+ Vegetarian Red Beans and Rice)
[Sunday, San Francisco, March 2012.] Today: a glowering, gloomy sky with rain in the forecast. Last week was the rainiest it’s been here in months …
Running, Revisited (+ Greek Yogurt + Granola)
[Once I ran across this bridge; I will again.] Up early this morning (6:20 or so) to lace up my running shoes in the quiet …
A Repitition of Sorts (+ Fried Brown Rice)
[Breakfast, January 2012.] The tide has turned a little: it rained in the night and I woke up intermittently to hear the screen rattling in …
Off East (+ Cabbage-Chard-White Bean Soup)
Tomorrow I go to Maine to visit Kurt and Emily, she of the biscotti pictured above and the delicious fresh-ginger ginger cookies sent for the …
The Old and the New
[Vegan flourless peanut butter cookies, December 2011.] Oh, I mean to write about these cookies before Christmas. They were set to be offered up as …
Soon (But for Now, Carrot Soup)
[San Francisco, September 2011.] Currently, slowly consuming a piece of cake I baked for a coworker’s mumble mumble th birthday — chocolate cake filled with …