anticipation

I am a little too excited for our weekend trip to write about quiche today, so I’ll leave you with some photos of our hike in Muir Woods. We’ll be hiking, exploring, and camping for a full three days in the Lost Coast, which is on the far northern coast of California. We’re starting out [...]

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blueberry crunch muffins

I don’t recall even knowing about millet until very recently, when my aunt tried to tell me about a certain grain that the Chinese like to use for porridge. We had to use a Chinese-English dictionary to figure out that she was talking about millet. (Its name in Chinese literally translates to “small grain.”) Shortly [...]

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pea and artichoke risotto

Some English shelling peas arrested my attention at the farmers’ market the other day, and I knew that I had bring some home with me. Sweet, sweet peas! They’re good to eat raw, and they’re good to eat cooked. They’re also fun to shell. You pop open their pods, and with a swift rake of [...]

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a fine duo

It was J’s birthday on Thursday. I took him out for some grilled sausages and beer. You might be thinking, “Now that’s a great pair, sausage and beer. There’s probably not a finer duo.” Well, stick around for dessert. I made him a gigantic cake, too. J loves chocolate. He also loves coffee. So, I [...]

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land’s end

Some photos from a recent trip to Land’s End, a hiking trail located within the city. Being where the land meets the sea always takes my breath away.

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the broken heart of gnocchi bolognese

In case you’re wondering, that is the title of a sweet, little film we saw about a month ago. It’s a short film that was featured in this year’s San Francisco Women’s Film Festival, created by a friend of a friend. Check it out. The title of the film alone sold me. The heroine in [...]

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a funky combo

Hmm. I think I see a pattern here. I must really love lemons. I was waffling between making a lemon meringue pie or a lemon cake for dessert one day, and thought to myself, “Why not have both? Surely, there must be such a thing as lemon meringue cake.” And it looks like I was [...]

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