How to Cook Meat As a Vegetarian (+ Lentil “Meat Balls”)
[Lentil “meat balls” and assorted other goodness, May 2012.] I’ve noted before that I am a vegetarian (it’s been … nearly half my life at …
Quinoa Salad with Feta and Mint
How do I love quinoa? Let me count the ways: it’s a whole grain that’s actually a seed (I wrote an article for NPR in …
Nettle Pesto? Nettle Pesto!
“Bring home some nettles,” I told my husband a few weeks ago as we parted ways on a sunny San Francisco Saturday. I was headed …
(Not-too-Sweet) Strawberry Jam
The good news is that after my expression of teen angst last Friday San Francisco turned on a dime, helping us to forget a soggy …
In Spring, Vegetables (+ Cabbage-Kale Salad)
[Climbing the Filbert Steps, San Francisco, March 2012.] March, which seemed to trod along quite slowly (no complaints here) is suddenly over and here it …
Six Years (+ Vegetarian Red Beans and Rice)
[Sunday, San Francisco, March 2012.] Today: a glowering, gloomy sky with rain in the forecast. Last week was the rainiest it’s been here in months …
Running, Revisited (+ Greek Yogurt + Granola)
[Once I ran across this bridge; I will again.] Up early this morning (6:20 or so) to lace up my running shoes in the quiet …
Sunday Dinners (+ A Spinach Soufflé)
[Limantour, March 2012.] March. Suddenly, we’re on the cusp of spring. This strange, dry, sunny winter has turned everything around and the mountains are hardly …
A Repitition of Sorts (+ Fried Brown Rice)
[Breakfast, January 2012.] The tide has turned a little: it rained in the night and I woke up intermittently to hear the screen rattling in …
Looking for Inspiration (+ a Chard Gratin)
[San Francisco this morning, February 2012.] Today: the sky a sweet, deep blue, warm for February. I am eating an orange. Trying to write an …