This morning much needed rain is finally falling on Northern California and will, we hope, douse the fires burning to the north east of us and clearing out the air that has been weighing — literally: it felt heavy and thick — on us…
I baked a cake today during the baby’s nap — she’s still a baby, even if she’s almost two and is picking up more and more words every day; still a baby for at least another six months, please — and it was a…
I’ve been in a bit of a cooking rut lately, keeping my head down and making my grocery lists and substituting a different fruit or vegetable or two each week to keep things somewhat interesting. Still cooking every day of course — meat sauce…
I don’t remember when I started involving Sierra in all the cooking and baking that occurs in our family — I wish I could say there was one recipe, one windy March Moroccan afternoon marked in my memory on which I let her take…
Still summer here, getting just the tiniest bit ready for fall, but soaking up the hot days with trips to the beach and loads of swimming and making, on near-constant repeat, my new obsession: frozen fruit blended with Greek yogurt. It’s just the thing…