For dinner: stuffed little patty-pan squash. Inspired by the Shakespeare cookbook , I spiced the breadcrumb, onion, and insides-of-squash...

The farmers market  here is a bit sad this year because so much of the tree fruit was destroyed by an early warming period in March follow...

What did Shakespeare eat? Definitive answers here: The Shakespeare Cookbook by Andrew Dalby and Maureen Dalby, published by the Briti...

More spinoff from thinking about Julia Child's 100th birthday ... August 17: Champignons a la Grecque, served with tomato, cucu...

Julia Child would be 100  years old today -- as every food blogger and food writer knows. I first encountered her work and TV show in the...

Favorite salad flavor for Miriam and Alice: the spice blend Maggi Number 4, available only in Germany. They unselfishly gave me a jar ...

Jackson Lodge in Grand Teton National Park overlooks a broad meadow wetland near Jackson Lake. Just beyond, the mountains rise spectacularly...

We're getting ready to leave Santa Barbara and drive home, so I've taken pictures of a few of the scenes that I enjoyed during my ...

Hot cocoa, spiced cider, popcorn with caramel, chocolate mice with licorice tails, pastry dipped in cinnamon-sugar... these are the tastes a...

Our friend Roberta took us to Flea Street, a beautiful restaurant in Menlo Park while we were spending the weekend there with her (also v...

I'm a very faithful customer of the Santa Barbara Farmers' Market, which meets at different places on different days. The biggest ma...

I have been reading two complementary books: The Ambassadors by Henry James  Foreign Bodies by Cynthia Ozick  I'm kind of...

It's still early in the growing season for the 2012 vintage, but we saw vines spreading their tendrils and also very green bunches of ...

Louise at Months of Edible Celebrations is organizing a big virtual picnic among all her blogger contacts. I'm participating in this...

I've heard that the Witch of Endor has moved to Ojai, California, and lives or at least hangs out in an antique shop there. Or so says...

The Santa Barbara Farmers' Market offers a splendid selection of produce, including many vegetables and fruits that simply don't g...