"I want to show you something," she often says with pride these days. Sometimes, it is a new toy. Sometimes, a "fancy trick" on the playground (cu...
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Melissa is a wonderful blog friend whom I admire very much. Over the year (ish?) that I've known her, she's been incredibly supportive of Turntabl...
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It's Negroni Week, and to celebrate, I'm revisiting one of my favorite drinks for any occasion. I wrote about the classic Negroni last year, a...
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It's been outrageously hot in San Francisco. And when I say 'outrageously hot' I mean pleasantly warm for people who live in all other parts of th...
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The day after I got Kim Broyce's Good to the Grain, I went out and purchased six different kinds of flour. I had read so many rave reviews about t...
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We all lie to ourselves on a daily basis. Whether it’s a little or a lot, about the small stuff or the big stuff, these lies get us through our da...
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I know. It’s September 3rd, and here I am posting about watermelon. Late to the party, much? This summer, I’ve found myself picking up a small...
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Do you ever think about someone's hands? The creases between their fingers and their palms, the shape of their fingernails, the way they hold a ...
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*Serves four 1 1/4 cups of fresh English peas 4-5 mint leaves 1 tablespoon of olive oil, plus more for brushing on the bread and drizzling s...
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What does family mean to you? I know that to most of us, family refers to your immediate unit — your parents, children, siblings, and spouse. Th...
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If you’re anything like me, you had your first taste of sherry from your parents’ or grandparents’ cabinet, and it was branded in your memor...
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I’ve never met a potato I didn’t like but my very favorite kind has a particularly crispy skin. I especially love when the top bubbles up a li...