Rooting for the Home Team
[Solo dinner, June 2008.] Boy do I love soft serve. I love it almost as much as I love baseball — so Saturday night at …
Saturday Night Soup
[Weekend bread and cheese, May 2008.] So a couple of weekends ago I made this soup. It wasn’t fancy — in fact, was decidedly un-fancy …
All the Time in the World
Every so often you need a weekend of doing nothing. You need to eat cookies and drink cold lemonade for hours in the backyard with …
Eating Spring
[Spring flowers, April 2008.] When T.S. Eliot called April the ‘cruellest month’ ( breeding/ Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing/ Memory and desire, stirring/ …
The Turn of the Seasons
[Iris along the trail, March 2008.] Two years out, I’m still re-learning what it’s like to live in the Bay Area. When I lived in …
In Tahoe, with Tofu and Ski Boots
[View from Squaw Valley, March 2008.] Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. …
Dear Kate, Remember that Cookie Recipe?
Dear Kate, Today is your birthday — I’m getting this in just under the wire — and so I am sending you virtual cookies. And …
Lentil Soup, Lightly Spiced
OK, so maybe I lied a little. I did make something new the other night, though admittedly it was a riff on something I’d made …
Broccoli Soup and the Met
Maybe it’s the broccoli soup recipes floating around lately, or the fact that last weekend wore me out (in a good way, but still), and …