[Weekend lunch, January 2008.]
When I have just a bit of bread with olive oil, or hummus, I always think of my friend Simon, because he is a bread-lover in the extreme. Last spring, when he and his wife came to visit me and I took them up to Armstrong Woods, we stopped for sandwiches [...]

[Requisite Pacific Ocean shot, January 2008.]
There’s been some happiness talk going round lately, which in turn makes me happy, because I love thinking about good things. It’s like when you cook something you’ve never made before, and it turns out to be some kind of wondrous (for me, the first time I made [...]

A few times a year I have an almost physical longing for spring, heightened on days (like Sunday) when the weather behaves very unseasonably and foreshadows what’s to come. I feel the warming wind coming off the sea, see the bright sun blazing down on the green hills, feel that anticipatory energy that heralds the [...]

The holidays for most of us equal family time — and this year was no exception. Now that I live near my parents I’m able to see them more often, and I love that the trip home has now been whittled down to about an hour, rather than the cross-country journey it once was. And [...]

I never write here, which is sort of ridiculous given that I cook frequently and often wish I could detail the meals prepared, the dishes concocted, the company who enjoys the eats. Some day, perhaps soon, I will even re-do this little site and give it some more color and pep. It is always good [...]