By sally, on November 29th, 2009
It’s crazy how time flies! I can’t believe it has been over a year since my amazing trip to Tuscany with my mom and sister last fall…
The idea to take a trip to Italy came from my sister and I wanting to do something with my mom to celebrate her retirement from teaching. [...]
By sally, on November 22nd, 2009
Graham’s parents were in town a few weeks ago for a conference and we had a great time touring around with them one day. The day started with brunch at our house. We thought it would be fun to have them over to eat on the plates that they gave us recently for [...]
By sally, on November 14th, 2009
The Easy Scores for my last few posts have all been “two easy chairs,” which translates into recipes that are somewhat challenging to prepare (see The Easy Scale for a more detailed description). Because “Easy” is an important part of this blog, I figured it was time to post an easy recipe!
This post [...]
By sally, on November 11th, 2009
I love peanut butter! By the spoonful, on bread, with chocolate, in cookies and sauces—if it has peanut butter as an ingredient, I say yes please! I’ve been known to eat peanut butter straight out of the jar and go through an entire jar in less than a week. There have been times [...]
By sally, on November 3rd, 2009
I just finished a book about Alice Waters and her legendary restaurant, Chez Panisse. Before moving to Berkeley I was only vaguely aware of Chez Panisse and really didn’t know anything about the woman behind the restaurant. Very soon after moving here I saw Alice give a speech at the opening of a new all [...]
