Tokyo 2014 (Cotes du Rhone)
Downloading from my phone: Tokyo, July 2014. Continue reading Tokyo 2014 (Cotes du Rhone)
Downloading from my phone: Tokyo, July 2014. Continue reading Tokyo 2014 (Cotes du Rhone)
Ginger ice cubes. Green is unfiltered, pink is after Chemex. My sister has a new habit of ferrying smoke … Continue reading Fruits of June (or, Black Mustard and Summer Catchup)
Easter Brunch 2014. Above, Blauschokker peas on pickled-beet tzatziki. Below, our youngest and youngest Easter feasters, to whom the lamb and even … Continue reading Easter 2014
Cleaning house, inside and out. A handful of swiss chard; and an excuse to scrape out the last bits from … Continue reading Chard Stem Pickle
This was really an artless crisper dump into the roasting pan, but two of my five readers have pestered for … Continue reading Pot Luck
Juice de season: apple, fresh ginger, carrot, cinnamon. Continue reading Cinnamon tonic
My figs are finally fruiting, and they are palest pink. Continue reading Fig
A dove is nesting our avocado tree, inches from the dinner table on the deck. To judge from our conversation, … Continue reading 4th of July
Crisper cleanout: Summer-perfect Spanish goat’s milk cheese with pink grapefruit and minced shallots in a light robe of EVOO and … Continue reading Pamplemousse and the Goat
Watercress “pesto” to brighten a vegetable paella and Spanish chicken. Continue reading Watercress Pesto