All the Things

How many times have I cooked pasta? This is new.

I cook often and it is hard to blow my hair back with a recipe but one of my favorites, Melissa Clark did this past week. Do you remember a few years ago a recipe appeared on TikTok and our plates ...

My Morning Walk in San Francisco

I live at the bottom of a hill in San Francisco and my morning walk often takes me on the same route. The street I go up is slightly less steep than the parallel ones that are adjacent. Is that why...

Roasted Mushrooms to Die For

I print out recipes I find on the internet, cooking from a screen bugs me, even an Ipad on a stand is annoying. I can tell a recipe is really good by how stained a wrinkled the sheet gets. I have m...

The best dinner party

I love this recipe!

Help, there is hair everywhere

I love practical and useful, a blog should never be this life is glorious, period. I like pictures without make up and days we don’t shower, or we wear the same comfy clothes from the day before.  ...

Cauliflower, I fell in love with you again

I have been making cauliflower a tried-and-true way for years. It is from Cook’s Illustrated. I cut the head into careful wedges (eight of them) and I lay them on a parchment covered baking sheet. ...

Steamed Pudding is Glamorous

I made a steamed pudding before Thanksgiving, perhaps it was to get my chops in gear for the marathon the next day. It is from my friend, Athena, she makes it for our holiday book club meal. It is ...

Swinging Open the Refrigerator with Hope

Do you ever swing open the refrigerator door and just stand there? Sometimes I am hoping for a magical leftover to appear. The news this week (the Middle East and Maine) and maybe the chill in the ...

Trying a new dish

My ex and I used to go to a restaurant on Clement Street in the 90's that was out of this world. It was called Fountain Court. I still dream about their sticky rice  that was steamed in bamboo cont...

Glop, not boring broccoli, and dressing from a chef friend

  I turn to cooking when the news of the world gets too much for me or my wee business gets the better of me. I need the tactile, organized experience of chopping and following a recipe. Sometimes ...