Couscous Salad, Unexpectedly
[Santa Monica, September 2007] I went down to Santa Monica last weekend for a little art show viewing at a fab gallery and requisite beach …
Challah’s Back!
The holidays have come and gone, and a half-loaf of my challah bread remains, frozen solid for consumption as French toast some weekend morning. Anyway, …
Timeless (and, pistachios)
[The Med, August 2007.] Unrelatedly: I have a piece in the Chron today. But back to the good stuff: my Grecian adventure. I think one …
New Year, New Potato
I’m not Jewish, but someone very close to me is, and I have lots and lots of friends who are, too. So what this means …
Food for the Times
[Banana loaf, September 2007] Six years ago the world collapsed and turned into itself, and nothing has been the same since. Can it really be …
An Apple Pie Kind of Day
Nicole’s Apple Pies Originally uploaded by pixelrandy Today seems like a day John Steinbeck would have loved — it is cloudy with drifting fog and …
My Favorite Things
{Dinner and a book, June 2007] Two things I love are books and food (or, reading and cooking). So it makes sense that I especially …
Food of the Gods
Saturday, slow and sweet. The first week back after a vacation is always the hardest, but luckily I have a piece in the Chron today …