November 2, 2009 – 8:57 pm
I recently bought myself a present. I’d heard amazing things about David Tanis’s book A Platter of Figs. Cooks I respected loved it, I kept running into it at bookstores, and then I was visiting my sister in Seattle and saw it on the shelf at Delancey That’s it. I was sold. I’m not sure [...]
October 31, 2009 – 5:36 pm
As many of you know, Linnea and I currently live at my mom’s house. It’s a long story that involves my mom going back to graduate school, the family dogs, her eventually moving home, and me losing my job. It’s very temporary and while I never envisioned being thirty and living at home–really, it’s wonderful. [...]
October 31, 2009 – 11:20 am
I was pleasantly surprised last week when I came home to find a review copy of Vegan Yum Yum: Decadent (But Doable) Animal-Free Recipes For Entertaining and Everyday on my doorstep. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with Lauren Ulm’s (or “Lolo’s”) blog, you’re missing out. As most of you know, I’m no [...]
October 17, 2009 – 10:11 am
My blogging friend Kelsey, over at The Naptime Chef, was in town recently for the BlogHer Food 09 Conference. Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it, but we compared notes on where she ate in the city (and I’ll tell you, she got around). Now if you haven’t been to The Naptime Chef, what are you waiting [...]
October 14, 2009 – 7:51 am
It’s raining, it’s before 8:00 a.m., and I’m eating cookies for breakfast. But these aren’t just any cookies: they’re made without egg, so they’re almost more like pumpkin drop biscuits. They’re amazing with hot coffee and the latest episode of Dexter. I got back from Jean’s memorial last night and have given myself this day [...]
August 15, 2009 – 9:23 pm
Chicken Salad Serves: 4 Time: 20 minutes Directions: Gather and prepare all ingredients; Stir everything together. Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken (poached or roasted is good, incidentally this is great recipe for leftovers) 1 large stalk celery, cut into 1/4” dice 1/2 green apple, peeled and cut into 1/4” dice 1/3 cup toasted [...]
It’s finally hot here. Like really, really ‘summer has certainly arrived’ hot. As I write, the dogs are sitting at my feet panting away, the fan is blocking out all street noise, and things are very, very still. No breeze. No squirrels darting across the driveway. In the heat of summer when my appetite is [...]
Being relatively young and living in Marin often proves to be a bit tough…socially. Thank god for Friday night bocce league. Yes, there is certainly an older crowd, but there are also young couples and groups of coworkers, downing PBR, getting rowdy, and staying up past 9 p.m. Now let’s clarify one thing: our team [...]
