I absolutely love to take your requests. I think this makes me a people pleaser? When someone is coming over for dinner, I slide a bottle of my everyday (read: affordable and delicious) sparkling wine in the freezer, rush out to the garden to gather the latest and greatest, scour the cabinets for ideas, and [Click to Continue Reading...]

Do six donuts serve two people?  Are you the judge of that?  Surely you can’t be the final authority. I like to break my donut adventures into three parts. The first part passes by quickly, so you better keep up:  I eat the first donut within the brief period of time that my body is awake [Click to Continue Reading...]

I whole-heartedly support the idea of a cookie for breakfast.  Or a slice of pie.  Or a small sliver of chocolate cake.  You have the rest of the day to pile your plate with veggies.  Let’s make sure those first few moments of the day are good ones.  Sweet ones. I have an unusual predilection [Click to Continue Reading...]

When I think of figs, I think of Teva-wearing hippies in Berkeley sitting in trees eating dried figs from the bulk bins of the co-op.  And that’s cool.  Real cool.  I love the restaurants in Berkeley and the food co-ops are even better.  Anyone else having a co-dependent relationship with the daily pizza menu at The Cheese Board Collective?  No?  Just [Click to Continue Reading...]

Here’s a little something to enjoy on Halloween and keep your hands out of the candy bowl.  My mom frequently made this recipe when I was growing up with honey she bought from our neighbor.  As a kid, I used to pick out the nuts, but now they’re my favorite part.  Before I share the recipe [Click to Continue Reading...]

Cheesecake is such a rich dessert that a small 4 ½” cake is the perfect serving size for two.  The acidity in honey makes it an ideal ingredient for marinating fruit.  The result is fruit with a meltingly tender texture, almost as if it has been cooked.  And the whiskey just puts it over the top.  My favorite Texas [Click to Continue Reading...]