Cabbage-Rice Soup
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul …
A Strawberry Cake
I’ve been walking the past week or so — I suppose I could say hiking as I do set out from the Bear Valley Trail in …
Nearly Fall
california / gluten-free / life / nostalgia / recipe / san francisco / vegan / vegetables / vegetarian
[Lavender-onion tart, August 2009.] Time was, summer was this perfect, ethereal thing marked by fog and trips to the coast and cursing at the July …
Halloumi Salad
When I cook for our family of three — soon to be four! — I cook meals that I know (and hope) Sierra will like …
Blackberry Muffins
I’ve accepted my fate and have installed a WordPress updates app on my phone; my current reality is such that I don’t have much time …
Blueberry-Blackberry Pie (With a Mostly Whole-Grain Crust)
I had meant to post this recipe last week but our Internet slowed to a crawl and that plus a toddler who refused to nap …
Not-too-Sweet Banana Muffins
I do this thing where I buy a big bunch of bananas on my weekly trip to the grocery store and then spend the rest …
How We Nurture {+ Beet Bowl}
It’s a few days away from Mother’s Day and I’m mentally scanning if I mailed the cards in time, ordered the xxx for my mom, …
Quinoa with Carrots
About a year and a half ago we took a short plane ride from Casablanca to Bordeaux to visit my husband’s cousins who were living …
Vanilla Cake with Whipped Ganache
Days come when all you want is a good, basic, real deal cake. No unrefined sugar, not too many substitutions or none at all. Lots …