March is lot like a long, flat stretch of road somewhere. It’s far enough away from where you’ve left (winter) and not quite to where you’re h...

serves six 1 loaf of Italian white bread (or fresh, soft baguette) 3 cloves of garlic, minced 4 tablespoons of butter 2 tablespoons of finely ...

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...

Old habits die hard. I have this alarm clock that I have had for about 8 years now. I bought it from a Chinese store in Siena, Italy as a replacem...

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...

One thing I’ve quickly realized as a home owner is that nothing is ever ‘done.’ Hard as I struggle to have the picture be ‘complete’ the...

*Serves four, as a small plate 4 russet potatoes, peeled and diced into bite-sized pieces canola oil, for frying salt and pepper, to tast...

Well, it's been an interesting night. But we're not the New York Times or CNN, and while this is certainly an important historic moment for our co...

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...

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 ...

I'm writing this on Mother's Day. The kids have gone to bed by now, and I feel tired, but so, so happy. That's kind of how most days go as a paren...

Serves four 3-4 large tomatoes, sliced into eighths 3 Persian cucumbers, sliced into 1⁄4 inch rounds 1/4 teaspoon of ground coriander 3/4 t...