Phew. I'm back from my second trip to New York City in less than three weeks, and needless to say, I am ready for a long nap. It's nice to feel gr...
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To love a city is to get involved in a complicated relationship. It means to persevere in the face of inconveniences — stairs and cobblestones, ...
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2 sweet potatoes, shaved crosswise into 1/8 inch thick slices** 1 quart of canola oil, for frying Smoked Hickory Sea Salt* *This month's Premiu...
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Do you cook with your spouse? Although Matt is officially 'the music guy' in our household, he is no stranger to the kitchen. In fact, he and I ar...
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A few weeks ago, I was listening to NPR in my car, as I often do. In between world news and the circus that is a presidential election year, came ...
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I am not a movie person. Nope. What I mean by that is that I do not seek out movies; I reluctantly, carefully, stubbornly choose a select few to w...
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It’s not often that you come across someone who truly loves their job, but after my first conversation with Bryan Davis of Lost Spirits, I was l...
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There are three types of quiet time, when it seems that the world is able to stand still. It's early, and I mean early in the morning. When the su...
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I’ve been preparing for colder weather all month, and it is finally here. It seems like it was only a few weeks ago that I started to turn away ...
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It's summertime (except in San Francisco) and the Great Lime Shortage of 2014 has seemingly come to an end with lime prices dropping back to norma...
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She's babbling now. I hear her in the mornings through the baby monitor going "baba baba gagaga dadadada." I glance at Matt, trying to decide which ...
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1 28 ounce can of diced tomato 1-2 pinches of red pepper flakes* 1/2 a large onion, roughly chopped 4 garlic cloves, minced 1 1/2 tablespoons ...