Weeknight Dinners
[Dinner the other night, November 2008. high quality resident evil: afterlife ] Some nights you cook and it’s just dinner, and some nights you cook …
To Market
[Sunday night dinner, November 2008.] Okay. Lately it seems like all I’ve been doing is baking — and it’s true that my oven’s been getting …
Slightly Obsessed
[My new favorite sandwich: pesto, spinach, fresh mozzarella, November 2008.] I made pesto last week when my parents came in for dinner, and I ate …
On Brussels Sprouts, or, a Reluctant Love Letter
[Brussel sprouts from the market, October 2008.] I never liked brussels sprouts. There — I’ve set it out plain for anyone to see. Though my …
Maine, in Food
[Beets from the farm, with local butter, September 2008.] So in early September I went to Maine. I took a 6 a.m. flight from San …
Simple and Sweet
[From the farmers’ market, September 2008.] Fall is: 90-degree Saturdays in Sebastopol; Sunday afternoons in the backyard with lemonade and cookies, the perfect grilled cheese …
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 …