DISCOVER:
A SWEET SAVORY LIFE

Last time we were in Los Angeles, we stopped in at Gjusta (pronounced “Juice-ta”) in Venice for breakfast. We like to take out-of-town fr...

Please forgive me for bragging--but those of you who know me well know I’m famous for my pumpkin muffins. Just ask my kids! Lovely orange...

“Life is great. Cheese makes it better.” –Avery Aames, author of The Long Quiche Goodbye I don’t know about you, but I just LOVE cheese! ...

We’re in the dog days of summer now: those relentlessly hot days when the sun beats down, the air barely moves and everyone’s just trying...

You’ve heard of "The Year of the Cat"? (Al Stewart song, 1976??) Well, 2020 is "The Year of the Zucchini" in our garden. We must have h...

The weather over the past week has been wretched--unusually hot and muggy. But our dear friends were in town so we rented an electric bo...

In fall, 2008 there was a show on public television called “Spain…On the Road Again”. For anyone who loves food, wine and Spain this was...

I discovered Rancho Gordo a few years ago when they had a small shop in the Ferry Building in San Francisco. Right away I was seduced by ...

You know that fantastic dish you make--the one that WOWS everyone and looks waaayy more difficult than it is? I call that a “Rock Star” r...

I think it’s fair to say that most of us are trying to be responsible and safe, but COVID-19 fatigue has hit us all hard! I’m missing my ...

“He who plants a garden plants happiness.”-Chinese proverb For a long time, I wanted to grow my own vegetables. I dreamed of delicious re...

Did your grandmother have an outdoor clothesline? Both my grandma and my mom did. Growing up I remember seeing them, wooden clothespins i...

Summer weekends--I just love them! Sunny mornings, hot, breezy afternoons and lovely, warm evenings, all spent outdoors. And there’s som...

Black Chalk by Christopher Yates was our pick for a recent virtual book club meeting. Published in 2015, the book received a really good ...

I’ve really been missing our friends these past few months. Here in California we went on Covid-19 lockdown in mid-March, and I’m not goi...