The Slow Slide (+ Buttermilk Biscuits)
Yesterday (Sunday) morning I woke up early and slipped down to the kitchen to make breakfast. These days 7a is not as early as once …
On the Cusp (+ Plum-Cocoa Cakes)
[Point Reyes National Seashore, January 2013.] Fall Song Another year gone, leaving everywhere its rich spiced residues: vines, leaves, the uneaten fruits crumbling damply in …
For the Greater Good (+ Orzo with Vegetables)
Meanwhile, I’m continuing to plod along over here in pregnancy-land. My appetite has lately returned to the phenomenon that occurred this winter — nothing, and …
Tomato-Braised Fennel with Couscous (or, the Next Big Thing)
[San Francisco, sky, 2013.] Perhaps one of the reasons I didn’t completely lose my mind — admittedly barring a few melt downs here (in Casa) …
Vegetable Pizza with a Polenta Crust
[Fruit at the market, July 2013.] A grey day here today, as it’s been the past few days, at least in the morning; except for …
Pastina for Lunch
We’ve been in Casablanca for over 2 weeks now, which just doesn’t seem right. In some ways it seems as though we’ve been here for …
Baking Abroad (+ a Fruit and Almond Cake)
[New kitchen, July 2013.] So the way it goes when your husband works for the U.S. Foreign Service and you’ve been posted abroad is that …
The The Tuesday Treat: (Flourless) Sesame Cookies
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here.
(Still) Stuck on Rhubarb
My house is a mess, a maze of boxes and dust and things-to-be-discarded; laundry needs to be done; I have dinner guests coming tomorrow night …
The Tuesday Treat: Chocolate Cake w. Peanut Butter Frosting, Revisited
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here.