My mom came down and spent the week with us recently. She is 93 years old and still lives in San Francisco, in the same…
As I fixate on cookies for the holiday season, Wes continues his quest for interesting, delicious vegetarian dishes. Not surprisingly this often means Indian food. …
Pity the guy who doesn’t attend the “Health and Wellness” lecture presented at work but depends on colleagues to give him or her (in this…
Blog vacation is over…the vacation wasn’t intentional, it just kind of happened. That’s life for you. We just got back from Nashville where our kid…
I am hooked on Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown. I just started watching it on Netflix. It’s not just about food, everything is fair game; history,…
Our original novice women’s group got together the other night. Four of us are still rowing but the others have since moved on to other…
When I went off to college and moved into an apartment, I would call my Dad (he was the chef in our family) for advice…
Summertime! This is the PERFECT summer potluck dish, Spicy Noodle Salad. It can be made the night before, it keeps well, and it’s vegetarian, (yes,…
An easy meal is “white poached chicken”, a classic Chinese dish. The chicken is poached in water or broth and served with a sauce of…








