I was recently lamenting to Matt that I feel like every time I have an opportunity to cook or photograph food, I basically have to approach it lik...
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I got a text message the other day, from my friend who is on her honeymoon in Italy. She and I met actually when we were both studying abroad in S...
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Winter fruit hardly excites me. I do love pears, and apples are good only when they are REALLY good, but other than that, I find winter to be the ...
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For many years, I consistently brought the same exact salad to work in a square tupperware tucked into a plastic bag that is no longer allowed in ...
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1 cup of finely ground cornmeal 2/3 cup of flour 1/3 cup of almond meal*, plus more for garnish 1 teaspoon of salt 1 cup of buttermilk 1/4 cu...
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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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Negroni Week has crept up on me once again. Every year, I’m surprised to see how much the participation has grown… San Francisco alone has 105...
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Putting together an alcohol collection is challenging. What should you get? What will you really use? In the early days of building u...
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Minimalism. It seems to be the theme for 2012. I've been reading all sorts of blog posts and articles about people cleaning out their inboxes, uns...
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When you're young, you probably don't think too much about life. I'm not talking about life, I'm talking about LIFE. With the context of where you...
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For the pizza dough: 1/2 tablespoon of active dry yeast 1/2 tablespoon of sugar 1/2 teaspoon of salt 3 cups of all-purpose flour 1 tablespo...
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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...