Four
When I was a kid growing up in Sonoma County I had neighborhood friends — lucky me, they were girls near my own age — …
Mustard (!)
[Mustard greens from the market, March 2010 download wake trailer .] Never let it be said that I’m not stubborn. I’m the girl who will, …
To March
[Mustard grass near Sebastopol, February 2010.] March, lovely March, here you are at last. You are one my favorite months — with polite apologies to …
Once, in Greece
[Spetses, 2007 .] If I were a better writer, I’d have some sort of lovely observation about this (endless) rain and how, if I didn’t …
Some (Weekend)Nights
[At home, January 2010.] This past Saturday was chilly — cold, by San Francisco standards (and granted we’re wimps but it was actually pretty cold). …
Thanksgiving Sans the Bird
[Roasted and stuffed pumpkin for Thanksgiving, fall 2008.] Thanksgiving is the cook’s holiday — sure, Christmas can be, too, or Easter, or even New Year’s …
On Baked Beans, and an Enduring Love
[Pacific Ocean, Drake’s, March 2009.] The other day I ran 10 miles down through the park — with a mile along the ocean tucked in …
In the Land of Dreamy Dreams
Today it’s raining and all I want to do is go home and cook and cook. Alas I cannot (post-work plans, you know), but this …
If at First
You don’t succeed (at poaching an egg), definitely don’t try again for at least six years. What? You wouldn’t do this? It’s just me? Well …
One Tuesday
[Redwoods, Armstrong State Reserve, June 2008.] Today, the day of days. How the sun shines on this western city as if we have been granted …