Sometimes you just want breakfast for dinner. There are times when scrambled eggs with cheese and a little side salad, or a bagel with cream cheese or even cereal sounds like the perfect thing for dinner. I do breakfast for dinner quite often. There are...
So. It's cold, windy, foggy and drizzly here in Marin. This morning I loafed around my house till 11 and then decided to take the ferry in to San Francisco and have lunch and snap up whatever produce I could before the farmers packed it in...
So I am spending some time in Florida. The beach is just perfect and the heat is great! Lucky for me my parents have nice friends who catch fish and then send it my way! Our friends caught a bunch of trout and were nice...
Like any parent I am concerned that my child eat healthy well balanced meals. However, I have a 3 1/2 year old with definite opinions about what to eat and what might possibly KILL him if he even takes the tiniest bite. Sigh. Dinner time...
Wyatt and I spent the 4th of July in Nashville ,TN. at my sister Kate and brother-in-law Alex's house. It was super fun. My mom was there and we also got to spend time with old friends and their kids. The kids, Wyatt, Nora, Reese and...
Yesterday I wrote about how I love the abundance of fruits and veggies that summertime brings. I do love it but it can also be a problem if you go a little too crazy (like me) and buy too much stuff. I cannot stand to...
I LOVE summer! I really think it should be summer all the time. That would make me very happy. For me, summer means cook-outs by the pool with family and friends, camping out at the beach all day long and surfing and playing in the...
Due to some recent unpleasantness in my personal life I haven't been cooking much lately. In fact, this week-end is the first time I've cooked in a month! Crazy, I know. This morning I happened to be cleaning my room and I had the TV on...
Hi all. Recently I went out with a girlfriend to one of my favorite Italian restaurants. I had a pasta that was so simple and so delicious I had to try and make it at home. It was just fresh tagliatelle with a mushroom sauce....
I have had a number of emails from people asking me for the recipe for the roast chicken that led to the chicken n dumplings. I first want to say that I have been roasting chickens for 20 years now and this is hands down the...