On the Cusp
[On Skye, October 2003.] I always think about Scotland in October. Five years ago tonight I was perched on a cliff above the Atlantic Ocean …
Maine, in Food
[Beets from the farm, with local butter, September 2008.] So in early September I went to Maine. I took a 6 a.m. flight from San …
Things to Like
[On Seawall beach, Maine, September 2008.] For all my ardently proclaimed love of fall, I must recant a little and admit I’m having a few …
Simple and Sweet
[From the farmers’ market, September 2008.] Fall is: 90-degree Saturdays in Sebastopol; Sunday afternoons in the backyard with lemonade and cookies, the perfect grilled cheese …
Home, With Cookies
[Simos and Lena’s wedding cookies, September 2008.] I’m home. That whooooooosh you might have heard was my sigh of relief at surviving hours on the …
Notes from Maine
[Seawall Beach, September 2008.] easy a full video download The last time I was in Maine was four years ago in May, just after my …
Coming into the Season
[Summer pasta, August 2008.] Oh, hello, summer you sweet old thing. How I’ve missed you. I think San Francisco has missed you, too, because the …
Saturday Lunch, In Brief
the eagle dvdrip [Lunch, August 2008.] Last night I dashed home from the gallery, where I’d had two (small!) glasses of sparkling wine in quick …