Everything starts anew. Year after year that I live in San Francisco, I am reminded that the fog will roll in right around my birthday. And I will...
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Serves four 1 large fennel bulb, trimmed 1 pink lady apple 3 ounces of smoked trout 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoons of o...
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I have come to that inevitable time in my life — when my passport full of stamps is about to expire. The name inside is no longer accurate (even...
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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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Not many drinks lend themselves to so much expected variation as the Martini. James Bond famously preferred his shaken, though classic bartending ...
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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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I’ve been slowly — very, very slowly — reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, Big Magic. Every couple of nights when I’m not up late working,...
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Serves four 2 1⁄2 pounds bone-in beef short ribs 6 dried guajillo chiles, stemmed and seeded 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, chopped ...
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For many imbibers, coffee and alcohol go hand-in-hand (or head-in-hand if you’ve had a few too many the night before!). Many of us who share int...
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At some point, it became expected that whenever I would go home to visit my family, I would bring a delicious baked good (or goods). In some ways,...
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I just got back from a whirlwind business trip to New York City, so I'm just getting into the swing of things (this morning was a rough wakeup cal...
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*serves two 6 slices of cherrywood smoked bacon 1/4 cup of pure maple syrup 1 teaspoon of whole black peppercorns, crushed with a mortar and ...