Let's Eat Cake
[Mint-chocolate cake, December 2008.] Today: Cold sun. Wearing blue shirt. Old black shoes. Peanut butter and almond butter and boysenberry jam on toasted bread and …
Pumpkin Pie, Revisited
[Pumpkin pie, for the office, November 2008.] the penguins of madagascar – operation – dvd premiere official trailer In addition to baking biscuits on Sunday …
Saucey
[2008 apple sauce, October 2008.] When I was growing up we had in the backyard from roughly June through October (or, some variation of): plums, …
On Love, Joy — and Chocolate
When I really think about it there are these common themes: love, family, death, sex, reconciliation, food. All the rest is peripheral — even music, …
Red, White, Blue
[Red velvet birthday cake, November 2008.] The other night when I went running — for the first time in the dark after months and months …
Baking in the Dark
[Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, November 2008.] Here’s the thing about these cookies: I baked them by candlelight. No, really. I did. See, just as I …
Home, With Cookies
[Simos and Lena’s wedding cookies, September 2008.] I’m home. That whooooooosh you might have heard was my sigh of relief at surviving hours on the …
Pears in August
[Pears from Gary, August 2008.] It’s a good thing the Olympics are nearly over, because to be honest, I can’t sustain this lifestyle for too …
Saturday Lunch, In Brief
the eagle dvdrip [Lunch, August 2008.] Last night I dashed home from the gallery, where I’d had two (small!) glasses of sparkling wine in quick …