A Reminisce (+ Pearl Couscous with Tomatoes and Feta)
There was a lot of cake last weekend – did I mention the cake? – and a bit more this week, too, of the banana-chocolate-almond …
How to Cook Meat As a Vegetarian (+ Lentil “Meat Balls”)
[Lentil “meat balls” and assorted other goodness, May 2012.] I’ve noted before that I am a vegetarian (it’s been … nearly half my life at …
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 …
Sunday Dinners (+ A Spinach Soufflé)
[Limantour, March 2012.] March. Suddenly, we’re on the cusp of spring. This strange, dry, sunny winter has turned everything around and the mountains are hardly …
Home, and Getting Back to It
[Near Golden Gate Park, February 2012.] I like to think that the best part of traveling is coming home, especially when you like home as …
All Good (+ Almond Butter Cookies)
[Winter beach, January 2012.] In Maine, where my toes are chillier than usual and the clouds seem tangible (and puffy) enough to hold in your …
The Last Friday of the Year
[This morning, December 2011.] December 30th. We are tiptoeing up to the edge of the year and peering over its edge into the unknown. I’m …
It’s That Time
This is the time of year when all I’m doing is making up lists — constantly, consciously writing lists. Example 1: For a holiday party …
Thanks-giving
[Along the Pacific coast, November 2011.] Why I Wake Early Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning and spread it over …