Coming into the Season
[Summer pasta, August 2008.] Oh, hello, summer you sweet old thing. How I’ve missed you. I think San Francisco has missed you, too, because the …
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 …
Salad Days
[Flowers near the sea, July 2008.] Sometimes I think I am a very strange person. Take today, for example. It’s warmish (thankfully), the sun is …
Chard, My Love
In food, as in love, when I tend to fall I fall hard. My stomach seizes up in a fierce knot, and I find I …
Anatomy of a Lunch Party
1. Invite family and friends who are family. Think about the menu a few days in advance, and make up a list of ingredients (not …
Souped
[Dinner, July 2008.] Of course I love to cook, but sometimes I love even more when I don’t have to do so — say when …
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 …
A Few Good Dinners
[Dinner the other night, May 2008.] OK, so I lied. I did soak beans the other day, but we didn’t actually eat them that same …
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/ …
Wine, Cheese, Cupcakes — and Books
I am stuffed to the brim with cheese, swimming on two delicious glasses of red wine, and satiated by hours of girl time. Earlier tonight …