A Dear Blog Letter, But Mostly, Vegan Pesto
[Sunday lunch, May 2011.] I hosted a wee lunch party a week ago Sunday that I was proud of for two reasons: One, I didn’t …
On Feeling Lucky, and a Simple Potato Soup
[In Golden Gate Park, March 2011.] This past weekend I was in Phoenix where it was hot during the day but cool and dry at …
Thyme-Scrambled Eggs
[Flowers, bay, October 2010.] Last weekend I was invited for drinks at a house perched near the top of the Inverness ridge, somehow tucked into …
Home, with Penne and Pesto
[Sonoma Coast, January 2011.] I took today off. No working from home, no working at work, no working, really, at all. I pushed off thoughts …
Wintering
[Monterey, January 2011.] (Very) Occasionally I wish I still lived on the East Coast, mostly because of the snow. There were some — if fairly …
Rice Pudding + Cold Afternoons
[On the table this morning, January 2011.] Sunday afternoon post-pint (a Smithwick’s), I made rice pudding. And you know, I don’t really love rice pudding. …
The Feasting
[Before, November 2010.] Home again, home again after a four-day weekend that whizzed by much too quickly. I know there was lots of cooking, lots …
Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Main Dishes
[Dinner, quickly, November 2010.] I had planned to do a post today about vegetarian main dishes appropriate for the holiday table, but all that has …
Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Vegetables, Etc.
[Kurt’s hands, December 2008.] This is what I have done today: Lugged cake and cookies in to work on the bus, most likely annoying fellow …
Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Starting Off
Anyway, though, regardless of decadent chocolate cake and the strange weather in Northern California this weekend (in the 70s, dry and sunny, the poor trees …