Nettle Pesto? Nettle Pesto!
“Bring home some nettles,” I told my husband a few weeks ago as we parted ways on a sunny San Francisco Saturday. I was headed …
The Tuesday Treat: Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here. Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting When you have a surfeit of strawberries, and you’ve made …
Spring Fling (+ Baked Halibut with Lemon)
I’m having a fling with spring, it’s true. A little rain here and there – Wednesday night I met my friend Anne for wine in …
The Tuesday Treat: Busy-Day Cake or Sweet Bread
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here. Busy-Day Cake or Sweet Bread, adapted from Edna Lewis’ “The Taste of Country Cooking” From the …
(Not-too-Sweet) Strawberry Jam
The good news is that after my expression of teen angst last Friday San Francisco turned on a dime, helping us to forget a soggy …
The Tuesday Treat: Chocolate Chip Cookies with Brown Sugar
In the spirit of my new attempt at chronicling my Sunday Dinners, I’ve decided to start a new ‘series’ I’m calling “The Tuesday Treat.” Explanation …
Honey-Lemon Cake
[Easter table, April 2012.] UPDATED TO ADD ON 4/19: Oops, I forgot that honey isn’t technically considered ‘vegan’. Still, ‘non-egg, non-dairy honey lemon cake’ doesn’t …
In Spring, Vegetables (+ Cabbage-Kale Salad)
[Climbing the Filbert Steps, San Francisco, March 2012.] March, which seemed to trod along quite slowly (no complaints here) is suddenly over and here it …
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 …
Looking for Inspiration (+ a Chard Gratin)
[San Francisco this morning, February 2012.] Today: the sky a sweet, deep blue, warm for February. I am eating an orange. Trying to write an …