Today a bit of an apology is in order. Some of you might recall a wheat berry salad I mentioned back in May. I had it at Clyde Common in Portland, Oregon and went back two days in a row to have it for lunch. It has taken me this long to do a farro [...]
I have some cool friends. Friends who are far, far cooler than I’ll ever be. One example? Sarah Keough. I met Sarah in San Francisco shortly after I graduated from college. I must have been 22, and she was a just a wee teen. Fifteen? Maybe. In addition to being one of the coolest people [...]
We have family visiting from out of town this week. Meaning, I’ve been a bit tied up, with not as much time to write. But, on the flip side, I have been cooking quite a bit. And in a change of routine, we’ve been eating dinners outside thanks to a new table purchase. I’m stubbornly [...]
I saw a table at the market the other night groaning under the weight of a mountain of summer squash. Squash that looked like it wanted to avalanche its way into my basket. I took pity, grabbed a bunch and made my way home. I ended up using a couple that night in a favorite [...]
This past week has been pretty swell. I feel like I’m finally easing into summer, something I wasn’t sure was going to happen. I spent a couple nights under the stars with WB, cleaned off the back patio, grilled more meals than I cooked indoors, put some finishing touches on the manuscript, ate mint soft [...]
I’m pretty sure the last thing anyone needs is another oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe. I mean, the sense I get is that most people have their OMG favorite recipe, and tend to stick with it. Except, perhaps, for those times when you’re lured away by an off-beat recipe incorporating something like corn flakes, or, [...]
Certain people have a thing for salt & vinegar potato chips. Ok, let me be more specific. Certain people in this household have a thing for salt & vinegar potato chips. I’m not one of them. Tangy, salty, crisp potatoes – I get it. On paper it all sounds good. I don’t know what my [...]
It has been one of those afternoons…I finished writing up this recipe, then realized I made a similar soup this time last year. Yikes. I’m officially starting to repeat myself. My apologies. Although, it was bound to happen at some point, I suppose. The soups – they’re not exactly the same. I’m noticing a few [...]
For those of you with summer blackberries on hand, you must must must try this recipe. It doesn’t lake long, and you are left with enough sweet & spicy, chile-infused blackberry syrup to keep your taste buds tingling right into August. I clipped the recipe out of an issue of Gourmet Magazine years ago. [...]
This cake came out of the oven and I immediately thought to myself, “this cake is so unattractive, no one is going to want to eat it.” It was as if the cake could read my mind, and at that point gave up entirely. Over the next ten minutes it exhaled, deflating into what I [...]