Every Sunday I meet up with friends for coffee then we walk to our local farmer’s market to stock up for the week. Every year, like clockwork, when summer is upon us, the following conversation takes place between us… While Walking Back From the Market… She who shall not be named Person #1 So, who …
When my oldest was a tyke his favorite cake was the Barefoot Contessa’s Strawberry Country Cake. This was his cake of choice for his birthday for quite a few years… Then Along Came Daddy (his Carrot Cake actually) that put the kibosh on the strawberry cake, so sad. After I shoved my ego aside, I …
Growing up, one of my favorite places was Ping Yuen Bakery on the corner of Grant Ave. and Pacific Ave. A hop, skip, and a jump from my parent’s real estate office, you would find us there often, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and tea time. Though called Ping Yuen Bakery, it was an all-encompassing, eat-in Chinese …
My Dad made dinner most of the time. Every evening he would leave the office, shop for dinner ingredients, go back to the office, pick up my mom, then go home. Once home, he donned his apron and cranked out a typical Chinese meal in about 30-45 minutes. A typical meal consisted of a quick …
Sam Sifton’s What to Cook column in the NY Times is my usual starting point for what should I make for dinner during the week. I found Yossy Arefi’s Sheet Pan Miso-Honey Chicken and Asparagus in his column a little while ago and bookmarked it. Like so many others, I have jumped on the sheet …
More rain, more gray…will it ever end? Of course, it will but when? Last week, the high winds took out our power at home so we escaped to San Francisco for the day. Luckily, we had a brief, much-welcomed break in the weather and made the most of it. It was too gorgeous not to …
Bleary-eyed, I arrived home at 6:15 AM after dropping off Jamie at the airport at 5 AM. I actually live only 10 minutes from the airport. Are you wondering is California traffic that bad? A protracted goodbye with the kid? A flat tire? NOPE Being very nice, enabling parents, we offered to drop her off …
I feel if I am going to eat a meal that is associated with a holiday I ought to learn a little bit about that particular holiday and its significance to the culture or country of origin. The extent of my knowledge regarding St. Patty’s Day is corned beef and cabbage. So Friday as I …
Here in California, we have been battered by some extreme weather…more rain, snow and high winds than we have seen in a long, long time. I hope folks are staying safe, warm and dry. So we are having a somewhat subdued, quiet Pi Day. Especially since we haven’t had power all day! That’s not gonna …