[On the agenda this weekend, June 2008.]
This morning for breakfast I had my favorite Blue Bottle americano and two slices of Acme whole wheat walnut bread, toasted, and with a smear of butter. Yes please. Can’t every day be Friday? If it were, of course, it wouldn’t be as special. So I’ll try to find [...]

[Sunday lunch, June 2008.]
Yesterday was so busy. I went to bed lateish on Friday night, then responsibly set my alarm and dragged myself up and out of bed to go to the farmers’ market (haul: wheated walnut bread; lots of strawberries; peaches; hot house tomatoes; baby cucumbers; lettuce; radishes; cauliflower; a few regular flowers; [...]

I am probably going to lose my vegan cred here, but this weekend I made a cake that was so buttery, so sour-creamy and full of melted milk chocolate that it made me rethink my whole approach to cakes. Specifically: in the future, they must be light and moist at the same time, [...]

I am stuffed to the brim with cheese, swimming on two delicious glasses of red wine, and satiated by hours of girl time. Earlier tonight I ran a short and sweet three-miler (am breaking in new shoes. ouch.), battling gusts of occasionally fierce wind as I crossed Masonic and hoping I made the [...]

Oh, I dearly love a dinner party — every single facet of it, from menu planning to wine pouring to setting the table. I’ve said before I could throw one every night and — truly — I almost wish I could. Even if just a few people come over, I plot out what [...]