Cabbage-Rice Soup
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul …
Nearly Fall
california / gluten-free / life / nostalgia / recipe / san francisco / vegan / vegetables / vegetarian
[Lavender-onion tart, August 2009.] Time was, summer was this perfect, ethereal thing marked by fog and trips to the coast and cursing at the July …
Halloumi Salad
When I cook for our family of three — soon to be four! — I cook meals that I know (and hope) Sierra will like …
How We Nurture {+ Beet Bowl}
It’s a few days away from Mother’s Day and I’m mentally scanning if I mailed the cards in time, ordered the xxx for my mom, …
Quinoa with Carrots
About a year and a half ago we took a short plane ride from Casablanca to Bordeaux to visit my husband’s cousins who were living …
Braised Spinach with Chickpeas and Lemon
About 6 months before we left Morocco I began to make this version of a recipe I came across on The Kitchn for spinach cooked …
Redemption, with Vegetables (+ Sauteed Lemony Brussels Sprouts)
A recipe for lemony sauteed brussels sprouts with caramelized red onions and sliced almonds. Vegetarian, vegan, and naturally gluten-free.
Chicken-Rice Soup for a Cold (or Anytime)
Sierra came down with a rather wicked cold last week: fever, cough, sniffles, all of it. There’s not much sadder than a sick baby toddler? …
Making Good Use (+ A Beet Soup)
Making good use of beets by turning them into a velvety, dairy-free soup that’s spiked with lemon juice. She totters around the downstairs of our …
The Weekly Pot (+ Sweet Potato and Vegetable Soup)
We’ve been listening to a lot of Pete Seeger’s great album “Song and Play Time” – which apparently my brother and I listened to when …