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 …
Pears in August
[Pears from Gary, August 2008.] It’s a good thing the Olympics are nearly over, because to be honest, I can’t sustain this lifestyle for too …
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 …
Way Back, and More Chard Love
[Spinach fettuccine, revisited, August 2008.] Way back when I lived in DC (as I’ve been living in San Francisco for over two years, my Washington …
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 …
Sickish
I would like to call a do-over on this weekend. I had plans to sleep in, bake some muffins, go to yoga, go to Pt. …
Sunday Morning Cherry Muffins
[Cherries, June 2008.] I must confess it’s mostly the little things that make up my quiet happinesses: a week of sun, waking up every day …
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 …
Memories Of
[Last night, Spetses, August 2007.] … Greece, and the Mediterranean, slipping into a sea as still as glass and as warm as bathwater, impossibly clear. …