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 …
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 …
Into the Woods
[Thanksgiving dinner, November 2011.] This year, Thanksgiving weekend involved a lot of time outdoors and that’s perhaps the thing I’m most grateful for in these …
Making Pumpkin Pie from a Pumpkin
So what happened was: I went to the store to get the fixings for a pumpkin pie — the evaporated milk, the canned puree — …
Vegetarian Thanksgiving
[Kehoe Beach, November 2011.] Right — it’s November. The light, when the sun is shining, looks a lot like that photo above. I’m crossing my …