Way Back, and More Chard Love
[Spinach fettuccine, revisited, August 2008.] Way back when I lived in DC (as I’ve been living in San Francisco for over two years, my Washington …
Salad Days
[Flowers near the sea, July 2008.] Sometimes I think I am a very strange person. Take today, for example. It’s warmish (thankfully), the sun is …
Rooting for the Home Team
[Solo dinner, June 2008.] Boy do I love soft serve. I love it almost as much as I love baseball — so Saturday night at …
Eating Appropriately
[Spring’s first green beans, from the Fillmore market, May 2008.] May, you fickle thing, I don’t think I like this cold spell. For some reason, …
Two Years On
California, je t’aime. Two years ago today I got on a plane in the early-morning hours with a one way ticket on Jet Blue headed …
To St. Pat, with Cake
[Guinness chocolate cake, with Guinness, March 2008.] Otherwise known as “amateur night” by certain parties, St. Patrick’s Day to me is soda bread, Altan, Joyce’s …
In Tahoe, with Tofu and Ski Boots
[View from Squaw Valley, March 2008.] Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. …
Wine, Cheese, Cupcakes — and Books
I am stuffed to the brim with cheese, swimming on two delicious glasses of red wine, and satiated by hours of girl time. Earlier tonight …
Mountains
My parents used to live in Colorado — Boulder, to be exact — and I like to think if some trick of fate had gone …
Broccoli Soup and the Met
Maybe it’s the broccoli soup recipes floating around lately, or the fact that last weekend wore me out (in a good way, but still), and …