A Cooking Weekend (+ Butternut Squash Soup)
A few weeks before we left for Morocco, I invited our friend Clare over to my parents’ place for lunch. This was still in the …
Keeping it Easy (+ Turnip Soup)
[Casablanca, December 2013.] Since the new year: more runs along the ocean, beaucoup de spinach and sweet potatoes (the excitement I experienced upon having acess …
On Enduring Love — for California, for Baked Beans
For fun, I’m running some posts from a few years back because, err, life is a wee bit busy at the moment (also, I’m feeling …
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 …
Vegetable Pizza with a Polenta Crust
[Fruit at the market, July 2013.] A grey day here today, as it’s been the past few days, at least in the morning; except for …
Changes (+ Black Bean Soup)
[Cloud’s Rest, Yosemite, August 2012.] Last August we camped for a brief time in the Yosemite back country, spending two nights at Sunrise Lakes because …
The The Tuesday Treat: (Flourless) Sesame Cookies
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here.
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 …
Beet and Quinoa Salad w. Feta + Tahini Dressing
I’m writing this as I sit on the ferry going north, watching the Northern California landscape jolt past the windows. I sat for a bit …
Split Pea Soup with Vegetables
In an effort to start cleaning out the pantries before we ship the bulk of our assorted kitchen stuff and furniture off to Morocco I …