Even More Sweet Things (+ a Chocolate Brioche Loaf)
I swear I had the best, the very best, intention to post something today involving loads of vegetables. I’ve been roasting them like mad after …
On Saturday Morning … (+ Megan’s Pancakes)
Whole grain pancakes, adapted from Megan Gordon’s ‘Whole-Grain Mornings: New Breakfast Recipes to Span the Seasons’, were a highlight of our Saturday morning.
Keeping it Easy (+ Turnip Soup)
[Casablanca, December 2013.] Since the new year: more runs along the ocean, beaucoup de spinach and sweet potatoes (the excitement I experienced upon having acess …
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 …