The Tuesday Treat: Chocolate Cupcakes
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here.
New Year, New Soup
[In the redwoods, January 2013.] Today was a cooking day. By that I mean I made an enormous pan of butternut squash macaroni and cheese …
Nearly There (+ flourless cookies)
[Today, December 2012.] Winter Solstice. The shortest day of the year and also the most hopeful, at least for me: from here on out the …
A Soup So Nice I Made it Twice (e.g. Vegetarian Minestrone Soup)
[Dinner, September 2012.] My parents are currently in Italy for three weeks, taking the long-dreamed-of trip of a lifetime. Of course I had them over …
A Reminisce (+ Pearl Couscous with Tomatoes and Feta)
There was a lot of cake last weekend – did I mention the cake? – and a bit more this week, too, of the banana-chocolate-almond …
Quinoa Salad with Feta and Mint
How do I love quinoa? Let me count the ways: it’s a whole grain that’s actually a seed (I wrote an article for NPR in …
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 …
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 …
A Repitition of Sorts (+ Fried Brown Rice)
[Breakfast, January 2012.] The tide has turned a little: it rained in the night and I woke up intermittently to hear the screen rattling in …
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 …