So as you've probably heard by now, I have this new friend named Julia.
Julia has a Meyer lemon tree.
Julia also has a plum tree.
Julia also made that lovely lemon tart for the Tuscan photo shoot we did not too long ago.
Want to know how to make it?
Well, you'll have to ask Julia. But this is…
I'm so happy to share this video version from my new Modern Pioneering series. Fruit roll-ups were a big thing when I was growing up. There were so many iterations at one point that I was in pure fruit candy bliss. Then there were the healthy versions that we'd always find at the health food…
Remember way back when I made my national citrus fruit appeal? Actually I think it was a global citrus fruit appeal. Well either way it was epic, okay?
Remember when I then preserved some Meyer lemons for a rainy day?
Well today is that rainy day.
Even though it's sunny.
It's high time we use those preserved lemons, don't…
Grandma P. is in rehabilitation. She's slowly getting her movement back. But she is not pleased with the situation. She said, "Well I guess you're learning a lot about life, aren't you." Then she said, "I'm learning a lot about life too."
One of the last things we made together was tofu mayonnaise. She really loves…
I planted Grandma P.'s herb garden and got to thinking about basil. A few years ago, when I was feeling especially experimental with food, I made lemon basil ice cream and everyone who set their lips to it said it was the best ice cream they'd ever tasted.
There's something so intoxicating about basil. And while…
Also known as... "how to cook a clam."
Word on the street is that my clam digging pictures are freaking you out. I'm sorry to give you the heebie jeebies. But they taste good, I promise. Besides, don't you want to know what to do if someone drops you on an island somewhere and tells you to…
Two days ago, I called my grandmother to ask her about her meatloaf. She has this way of making it that I've never been able to duplicate.
But she didn't answer. She usually answers, or if she can't get to the phone fast enough, she always calls back.
But she didn't call back this time. Maybe she…
I stumbled upon a new beer bar in Mill Valley a few weeks ago, with sawn lumber for tables and a sea of beer and nothing to eat but German pretzels, rolled out, and twisted, and baked to order. I tried a pretzel and what struck me most was not the pretzel (though it was…
I made a friend! It's a big deal because since I moved to CA for a bit, I don't have many in this neck of the woods.
YOU are my friend. No, don't look behind you, I'm talking to YOU.
I have a very active cyber life. It's how I cope.
But the good news is that a…