Rain, Cold, Cookies, Spring
[Over the mountain, near Geyserville, May 2011.] It’s raining today in San Francisco (wait — it’s raining?? On the last day of May? This is …
About that Wedding Cake …
[Cake for Leah and Simon, gorgeous photo by Sweet Monday Photography.] A year ago I was obsessing about butter cream — how much, would it …
Toujours Amour & Caramel Pots de Creme
[Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite, February 2011.] And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To …
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies + Hitting the Road
[On my table right this minute, February 2011.] Today I am working from home and baking cookies and making soup (roasted potato-leek, with spinach and …
Love, Etc.
[Dad’s birthday cake, February 2011.] Oh, St. Valentine. Thank-you for giving me yet another reason to cook, though lord knows I need little excuse. This …
Rice Pudding + Cold Afternoons
[On the table this morning, January 2011.] Sunday afternoon post-pint (a Smithwick’s), I made rice pudding. And you know, I don’t really love rice pudding. …
And Then, Cake
[On the table, Sunday, November 2010.] Sunday afternoon — after an early-morning wake up, after the time change, after running 6 miles in the rain …