What I Wanted
A few nights ago, after days of being ‘good’ and cooking at home (minus a cheese sandwich for lunch at the local deli) and eating …
An Oldie but a Goodie: Quinoa Chowder
It’s definitely on the cusp of spring here, though today doesn’t feel like it exactly: San Francisco is swathed in fog and I had to …
Sunny Days + (Vegan) Sweet Potato Mac + ‘Cheese’
[Pt. Reyes Station, Calif., January 2013.] The Bay Area currently is experiencing a string of brilliant days (weeks?) of sun and clear skies that have …
Quinoa Salad with Apples, Arugula + Sweet Potatoes
In the first month of the year a person’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of quinoa – or isn’t that how that line goes? No …
New Year, New Soup
[In the redwoods, January 2013.] Today was a cooking day. By that I mean I made an enormous pan of butternut squash macaroni and cheese …
Roasted Butternut Squash Macaroni and Cheese
Thanksgiving was lovely, and now it’s on to the next thing, yes? This is how this time of year makes me feel: happy, so happy …
Lasagna with Sweet Potatoes, Chard, and Arugula Pesto
Feeling quiet this week – thinking of the East Coast, as it slowly restores power and digs out from under the devastation nature wrought and …
A Soup So Nice I Made it Twice (e.g. Vegetarian Minestrone Soup)
[Dinner, September 2012.] My parents are currently in Italy for three weeks, taking the long-dreamed-of trip of a lifetime. Of course I had them over …
Quinoa ‘Greek Salad’
When we were in Maine, we ate piles and piles of tomatoes grown in the backyard garden. Such richness! I ate cherry tomatoes like candy …
Vegan Pesto, Revisited
[Dinner, June 2012.] Last night the fog floated in – perhaps not quite on little cat feet, but close enough – and it is still …