I have been a slouch when it comes to holiday cookies this year. LUCKY FOR ME, Jamie is home and baking up a storm…I get the difficult task of eating and posting about whatever deliciousness she has baked up. I had all this planned of course. My copy of Sarah Kiefer’s 100 Cookies finally arrived …
Our Thanksgiving dinner was a little family affair as I suspect most people’s celebrations were. We modified our dinner, kept it small, moved it earlier in the day so we could eat outside, roasted turkey parts instead of the entire bird (wow, cut the cooking time a ton!), and settled for fewer side dishes. But …
It’s persimmon season! About this time every year, my friend & co-worker, Trang, comes to work with bags of homegrown persimmons. I am not ashamed to admit I am Johnny on the spot when she is doling them out. I adore persimmons. The thought has crossed my mind that I should plant my own persimmon …
Life is on hold as we await the results of the 2020 presidential election. I swore I wasn’t going to agonize over the process leading to the final result. My plan was to ignore CNN, Twitter, WAPO, NYT…I decided to watch Hamilton for the umpteenth time, followed by my favorite K-drama. As they say… The …
Our weekly foray to the Farmer’s Market had me restocking my week’s worth of fruits and veggies。 I was looking for inspiration for a showstopper dessert to make for an outside, mask-on, socially-distance birthday celebration that evening. My farmers market/crew bud, Mary, chimed in with “my go-to dessert is David Lebovitz’s Apple Frangipane Galette. I’ve …
The Bake Sale Returns to Its Political Roots from Food & Wine magazine and a YouTube video of Paul Rudd “Ant Man” handing out cookies in a Brooklyn voting line (wow, wish I lived in Brooklyn) reminded me of how food and politics go hand in hand. I decided I needed to sweeten my “Are …
Posted on one of my favorite blogs, Ipso Fatto, are a couple of sweets she tried from Food & Wine’s article, The Bake Sale Returns to Its Political Roots. In the current climate, this is right up my alley, political activism through food. A win-win. Her photos and reviews of goodies from the article had …
Jamie is in Minneapolis right now, she sent a quick pic of herself bundled up in her down jacket, gloves, wooly hat with a single caption, 26. Yep, I am a wussy Californian and not a very nice one, I replied with a laughing emoji in shorts. I mark the change in seasons, not by …