Adequate words do not exist to describe the jumble of emotions that all piled out of my mouth as I caught sight of the padded manila envelope. I’m pretty sure that even before the envelope was wrested from Nathan’s hands, I uttered, “No way!” at least fifteen times amid peals of delight. There might have… Continue reading A Tea Cookbook for You
Coffee Poetry: Confessions of a Coffee Snob #3 by Jonathan Pacic
Breakfast is on the brain. Last week’s food poetry morsel included a plate of scrambled eggs that would have been perfect for Sun-Tzu, served up by poet Roy Mash. For many, the beginning of a day would be less welcome without a cup of coffee in hand. Even though I veer toward tea nine times… Continue reading Coffee Poetry: Confessions of a Coffee Snob #3 by Jonathan Pacic
Egg Poetry: A Plate of Scrambled Eggs by Roy Mash
In a crowded East Bay kitchen, I met Roy Mash as we sipped sparkling water before the start of a poetry reading. We began talking about the intersections between food and poetry and he mentioned he had written a bit of food poetry, especially one about eggs. Intrigued, I proceeded to devour the food poem shortly after… Continue reading Egg Poetry: A Plate of Scrambled Eggs by Roy Mash
Bonus Recipes for Hot Tea Month Preorders of Steeped
From where you sit, is it snowing outside? Maybe your sky is just overcast and grey like the one outside my window, but things are heating up inside. Did you know January is national hot tea month? Whoever decided to appoint that designation must have been in between cups two and three of whatever brew… Continue reading Bonus Recipes for Hot Tea Month Preorders of Steeped
Chocolate Mint Trifle
If I could wish anything for you, it’s that you might know joy. In early 2014, back when I contemplated if I should make resolutions or whether I should balk at the idea of making the same resolutions for the umpteenth year, I began thinking differently about the promise of what a new year gives… Continue reading Chocolate Mint Trifle
Chocolate Mint Pudding
You know how some people became enraptured with cupcakes and dolloped, smeared or piped their weight in cupcakes during the time that that particular trend peaked? Do you remember the blocks long line to obtain the famed cronut and the intense scrutiny of bakers to try and match that masterpiece of Dominique Ansel’s? If you… Continue reading Chocolate Mint Pudding
Tea and Cookies: Cookbooks to Use for a Christmas Cookie Exchange at Teatime
A few years ago, I decided that what the holidays really needed was another party. I can’t remember if this was prompted by the desire to see people congregate under mistletoe or just eat, drink, and be merry, but we will go with the latter response. Happily what started out as a small food blogger… Continue reading Tea and Cookies: Cookbooks to Use for a Christmas Cookie Exchange at Teatime
Rick Bayless & Negra Modelo Take Us on a Mission District Walking Food Tour
Photo by Irvin Lin of Eat the Love Tis the the season of Julie Andrews singing about her favorite things. If each of us composed our own version of the song, what would be the items you might use to replace “raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens?” When the folks at Negra Modelo hired… Continue reading Rick Bayless & Negra Modelo Take Us on a Mission District Walking Food Tour
It Was Me All Along Book Review
Sometimes weight loss books are so quick to get to the skinny victory. They check off a former self with its struggles as a completed task. There is distancing from being fat as if it might be an infectious disease. It makes me sad to see this happen, even if I am someone on the… Continue reading It Was Me All Along Book Review
Winter Fruit Salad
A famous man once said, “Winter is coming” and the evil king disliked that idea so much that he beheaded him. Okay, the man was really a fictional character, and the king really didn’t chop off his head just because he made the proclamation about the seasons changing. But, sometimes fictional characters are written to… Continue reading Winter Fruit Salad
Augustus Waters, Oblivion & Gathering the Last Bits of Thanksgiving from the Table
Not that long ago, Nathan and I set off from our coast to the other one on a whirlwind trip to New York. One afternoon at a restaurant situated on the edge of Greenwich Village, a friend and I caught up over kale salads (with tempeh bacon for me, tofu for her). Our conversation strung along easily,… Continue reading Augustus Waters, Oblivion & Gathering the Last Bits of Thanksgiving from the Table
Carrot Simmer Sauce Recipe
Who do I thank for the extra hour of sleep this morning? We have officially turned the corner into fall even in our still sunny landscape. The leaves got the memo and have begun turning red and burgundy across the street, letting a plume of wind set them in flight. I have pulled out my… Continue reading Carrot Simmer Sauce Recipe