The Perfect Crunch
[Cranberry ‘jellies’, December 2010.] I’m a big fan of homemade gifts. BIG fan (this is lucky for me, because I’ve heard some elves in Maine …
A Pie for All Seasons
[Pumpkin pie, post Thanksgiving, December 2010.] Well, I didn’t end up making butternut squash soup this past weekend because I got sucked into a ridiculous …
Thanksgiving Rolls, Just Because
[Bay leaves, Point Reyes National Seashore, November 2010.] Last night I dreamed about soup — butternut squash soup, perhaps because I ate a bowl of …
The Feasting
[Before, November 2010.] Home again, home again after a four-day weekend that whizzed by much too quickly. I know there was lots of cooking, lots …
Thanks, the Giving of
[Apple pie, November 2010. Recipe here.] I am thankful for this sunny day. I am thankful for this good food, that I have enough when …
Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Main Dishes
[Dinner, quickly, November 2010.] I had planned to do a post today about vegetarian main dishes appropriate for the holiday table, but all that has …
Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Vegetables, Etc.
[Kurt’s hands, December 2008.] This is what I have done today: Lugged cake and cookies in to work on the bus, most likely annoying fellow …
Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Starting Off
Anyway, though, regardless of decadent chocolate cake and the strange weather in Northern California this weekend (in the 70s, dry and sunny, the poor trees …
Menu for Hope 2009
Menu For Hope is an annual fundraiser participated in by food bloggers around the globe to raise money for a world cause — which has …
For the Fourth
Yesterday afternoon I was working from home — in this case, my parents’ house — when my mom knocked on the door. Hot corn muffins, …