The Night VI

We don't get days like this in San Francisco often--the temperatures soared into the 80s over the weekend and San Francisco felt like the East Coast...

Zuni Cafe's Roast Chicken and Bread Salad. It's 7x7 Magazine's #1 thing to eat before you die (study it, my friends). It's taken me four years to get ...

Ever since I got my ice cream maker (a very well thought out gift from Matt's parents), I've been increasingly having cravings for ice cream. Don't g...

New. York. City. There are probably just way too many awesome “local pairing” options for NYC. It is staggering really. Some part of me wanted to ...

I learned about the beauty of dried beans only recently, and thankfully for all of us, Heidi Swanson of 101Cookbooks, offers quite a comprehensive gui...

Because the creamy, bronzed white beans with chard recipe is rustic, homey and filling, Iron & Wine’s sophomore album, Our Endless Numbered Days...

Today I'm going to share with you a recipe from Alice Waters' The Art of Simple Food cookbook that's easy peasy, and so delicious (not like my fai...

Traditional tagines are often made with meat (lamb, chicken), and take advantage of a wide range of aromatic ingredients (from preserved lemons to apr...

Piccino, a small little cafe/pizzeria in the Potrero Hill/Dogpatch region of San Francisco, is my newest discovery--and quite the gem. I won't claim t...

There is something to be said for simplicity--and something to be said for turning a classic like tomato soup, and giving it a twist. Every once in a ...

Big grainy bowls are some of my favorite dinners--warm, hearty and satisfying, they are easy to throw together, nutritious and can often be quite expe...