Though the Academy Awards were a bit dull this year (this year?), their occurrence was nonetheless a nice way to pass an early Sunday evening. And, for someone like me, they were also a good excuse to do a little cooking, and a little…
Saturday mornings were pancake-mornings when I was growing up; my dad used to make his special recipe — incorporating oats, honey and cornmeal — for pancakes almost every weekend, and we clamored for them when he was out of town. In season, he would…
Finally, a column dedicated to vegetarian cooking has been introduced in the San Francisco Chronicle. Not to belabor the point, but I am especially pleased by this addition to the Food section as I’ve oft longed for writers to focus solely on the vegetarian…
Recipe for a perfect Sunday: sleep in, go for a run, then go for lunch with two lovely friends at Herbivore, an all-vegan restaurant on nearby Divis. We ranged from vegetarian to mostly-vegetarian-but-sometimes-also-fish, and stalwart vegan to vegan-with-cheese-occasionally, but no matter each individual’s predilection…
Last year I baked a rich chocolate cake and served my wonderful girlfriends a leek soup, salmon steaks, asparagus, and wild rice with spinach. We paired sparkling wine with brie du champignons, and toasted each other with framboise whilst sampling the cake. There was…