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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I'm currently enjoying what I've been calling my 'funemployment' - it' unemployment, but it's fun because I have a week off before starting a new ...
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*serves four 4 large tomatoes, quartered* 1 red chile pepper, seeded and cut into long, thin slices* salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste...
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When I first spotted Rustica in a bookstore, I was smitten right off the bat. I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but let's face it �...
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For Matt’s 30th birthday, I baked him a German Chocolate Cake — his favorite, and my very first layered cake. I only had one cake pan at the t...
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'Tis the season of edible holiday treats! Everyone I know is making peppermint bark, molasses cookies (+ smoky ginger-molasses cookies!), gingerbr...
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Meatballs are the sort of thing that unite us all — young and old, locals and tourists. A good meatball is hard to argue with. It's meaty, sure,...
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Summer has quietly slipped out of my grip somehow and the other day, I had a fleeting thought about fall: about boots and hot chocolate and umbrella...
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Talk about a switching of gears. Like all vacations, short or long, mine came to an abrupt end following a luscious Sunday roast enjoyed in East L...
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Happy Friday! As the days of summer dwindle, I'm actually starting to get excited for the month of September — the real San Francisco summer. ...
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Serves four 1 bottle of red wine (cabernet, syrah, or pinot noir) 2 tablespoons of mulling spices* 1/4 cup of sugar 4 slices of orange, cut i...
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I just finished reading my friend Jess’s fantastic new book. We finally (finally!) met in person about a month ago after spending years followin...