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 …
A Bit of Blackberrying (+ Pectin-Free Blackberry Jam & a Blackberry Pie)
Blackberry-Picking Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week, the blackberries would ripen. At first, just one, a glossy purple clot Among …
Strawberry Hand Pies + Summer’s Waning Days
[Sebastopol, August 2013.] These are the golden days of summer — foggy some mornings, yes, but clear and warm for the rest of it. Miles …
(Vegan) Strawberry-Maple Muffins
Fickle weather this week in San Francisco: A few glorious mornings of sunshine have been tempered by the usual and omnipresent fog, reminding me of …
Back in the Bay (+ Emily’s Scones)
I’m in back in the golden state — home again, home again, jiggity jiggity jiggity jig. After a pretty packed week in Sebastopol I arrived …
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 …
The The Tuesday Treat: (Flourless) Sesame Cookies
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here.
(Still) Stuck on Rhubarb
My house is a mess, a maze of boxes and dust and things-to-be-discarded; laundry needs to be done; I have dinner guests coming tomorrow night …
The Tuesday Treat: Chocolate Cake w. Peanut Butter Frosting, Revisited
For an explanation of The Tuesday Treat, see here.
Strawberry-Basil Crumble/Crisp
Writing my cookbook was an interesting experience for me and not just because I was burning through 5-pound bags of sugar at least once a …