Cooking

In April I had the opportunity to take a class from someone I have long admired and whose book, The New Wildcrafted Cuisine, I own: Pascal Baudar. Despite this admiration, it took me a while to [...]

It is spring and everything is coming up roses, including this pretty pink chia seed pudding I concocted! It is delicious, lightly sweet, loaded with antioxidants, fiber, and flavor. And it is [...]

Sometimes there’s nothing better for dinner than breakfast. It feels a little decadent, a tad indulgent and super comforting. But apart from good old bacon and eggs, the trouble with most [...]

Necessity may be the mother of invention but nothing motivates me to get creative in the kitchen like homegrown produce without a purpose. And yesterday provided me with plenty of motivation as [...]

I like granola. A lot. When done right, it is crunchy, chewy, and a little sweet. Plus, it adds a hefty amount of flavor and fiber to my morning yogurt. I like creating granola recipes because [...]

Being a woman of a certain age (fine, it’s 52) who is dealing with certain hormonal fluctuations (thanks, perimenopause!), I began experimenting with herbs and potions to help stave off the [...]

So the (relatively) cool fall-like weather we’re experiencing this week in California is taking me back in time to my elementary school days and that time-honored tradition of the [...]

A few weeks ago, the first little pickling cucumbers of the season appeared in my garden. I have been waiting (im)patiently for them since last December when I ate the last pickle from the [...]

The list below includes a few of the things that I was pondering before I drifted  off to sleep one night a few weeks ago: What is growing in my garden and/or in season that I can ferment now? [...]

My husband and I recently returned from a 3-week trip to Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. It was wonderful and beautiful and illuminating. The illuminating bit crept in every time we had the [...]