Something New (+ Brown Rice Bowls with Avocado)
We were in Marrakech this past weekend — I still have the image of the snow-topped Atlas mountains rimming that red-buildinged city fixed in my …
Hibernatory (+ Olive Oil Biscuits)
We were all felled with a cold this past weekend, so most of our time was spent indoors or on the porch for a brief …
A Cooking Weekend (+ Butternut Squash Soup)
A few weeks before we left for Morocco, I invited our friend Clare over to my parents’ place for lunch. This was still in the …
Simple and Quiet (+ Quinoa + Roasted Sweet Potatoes)
[Today, February 2014.] February. Even more than January this is my month to hunker down and make soup and read and watch the rain. And …
Keeping it Easy (+ Turnip Soup)
[Casablanca, December 2013.] Since the new year: more runs along the ocean, beaucoup de spinach and sweet potatoes (the excitement I experienced upon having acess …
Thankful** (+ Quinoa Breakfast Bowl)
[Armstrong Woods, November 2013.] This Thanksgiving we took Sierra on her first trip to the redwoods – she’s seen the redwoods in the backyard of …
Fall is … (+ Whole Wheat Persimmon Muffins)
Turned leaves. Extraordinarily warm days in Sonoma County. Brief trips to the coast. Sunday brunch with old friends two weekends in a row sans child. …
On Enduring Love — for California, for Baked Beans
For fun, I’m running some posts from a few years back because, err, life is a wee bit busy at the moment (also, I’m feeling …
Life (+ a Blackberry Crisp)
[Ocean Beach, September 2013.] And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the …
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 …