[Before dinner, July 2010.] Cheese plate + good bread Phyllo-mushroom cups Zuni Cafe roast chicken with heirloom tomatoes + bread salad, parsley-almond pesto White bean + mushrooms, with basil pistou Corn + barley + arugula salad Green beans + summer squash, sauteed shallots Plum torte, homemade mint ice cream Vegan peach-plum crumble This is Just [...]

[Last bits of summer, September 2009.] [Plus le Meme Chose, non?] October slips in on a rush of 70-degree mornings and the sun beams down as if to say, Silly you. There are days more of me so do not lament those dark 6.30 wake-ups just yet. Coffee tastes especially good lately and I have [...]

[Anniversary roses, August 2009.] I don’t think any day is worth living without thinking about what you’re going to eat next at all times. – Nora Ephron on gourmet.com The funny thing about this anniversary party was not that we made too much food — I think that was pretty much a given from the [...]