‘Tis the Season
… for stress and baking. What? I think they go together, at least sometimes (the real question being, of course: does baking alleviate stress or …
Of Babka and the Cold North
[Babka for Thanksgiving, November 2007.] Poised on the last day of November for the quick slip-side into the madness of the season (for me, the …
Thanksgivings Past
[Arch Rock Trail, Pt. Reyes National Seashore, 2006.] Truth be told, my ideal Thanksgiving doesn’t take place inside. No; it is intead in a forest …
Chasing Summer
{Spetses, view from the road, August 2007.] November first: San Francisco is grey, and a little chilly, and the fog swirled around the buildings along …
A Cup by Any Other Name Would Taste as Sweet
[My old French press.] The other night at Nopa, I had something listed on the menu as “wild mint tea — Greece” (at $3 a …
Potato Soup with Bay Accents
There’s a little shoppe in the Ferry Building here in town that carries California bay laurel soap — and whenever I go through the market …
Dinners, Parties
Last night I unpacked and rearranged a few more boxes that survived my cross-country move to California last spring. Buried among the miscellany and other …