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 …
On Elevenses
[This morning, October 2010.] October 26. The year spins on, November looms just around the corner. And it is the most beautiful day today: From …
On Greece, and Remembering
[Spetses from the boat, August 2007.] My coworker just gave me the August issue of Saveur, which is the Greece issue, and just a quick …
So Then
[Fuel, September 2010.] Here is Indian Summer: sweet blue light at the beach on Saturday afternoon, happy dogs and the smell of bonfires, digging toes …
Strange Summer
[A tiny bit of sun and summer in Sonoma County, July 2010.] It’s pretty boring to complain about the weather, I know, especially since it …
53 Degrees on the 20th of July
[Near Arch Rock, July 2010.] OK. It’s pretty cold here. It’s cold and this morning when I went for a pre-7 a.m. run I could …