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Life & Death

We don’t eat peanut butter pie. We don’t eat a lot of peanut butter either. In fact, peanut butter and pie don’t occupy the same spot in our diet and memories the way it does for most Americans. But...

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How To Carve A Pumpkin

Halloween’s not really my thing. I don’t do the whole dress-up thing very well, partly because I get really self-conscious about it. But this year, I think I may have found an activity that really...

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On Being Creative

Somewhere over New Mexico Hello. I hope you had a wonderful start to your holiday season and, I hope as well, that you don’t mind the gaping silence since the last post. Morning light, Hyde Park,...

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Saying Less

After landing at San Francisco on New Year’s Eve with just enough energy to shower, share a glass of champagne and crawl into bed, I went through a phase best diagnosed as “Europe Withdrawal Syndrome”...

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Food & Wine, The Local Butcher Shop & Playdates

Clockwise from top left: Dill seed biscuits, Curried Winter Squash soup, Roasted Cod with Orange and Fennel, Tomato-miso soup, Tuna Tabbouleh and Five-vegetable stiry-fry. Goodness has it really been...

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The Soundtrack of Our Life – A Collaboration

Late last year, Kasey at Turntable Kitchen approached me to create a couple of images to accompany a personal essay reflecting on music, food and dinner parties in the Turntable Kitchen household. It...

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The Days Are Full

Hello hello – welcome, September, with your dusky evenings and chilly mornings. Our summer was awash with work, culminating in a quick, much-needed trip to France at the end of August. Word to the...

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Mysore, India

This post is going to be a little different from the others. I’m taking you to another part of my life, one where food isn’t always a priority. Around this time last year I decided to make a trip to a...

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Celebrating With A Pig Roast

We learnt, around this time a year ago, that our third offer on a house was accepted. If all went well, we would be homeowners in a matter of weeks. What began as a preliminary exploration into the...

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A Fresh Start: Spring Cleanse

I’m currently transitioning out of my first Ayurvedic cleanse, and in writing this, I feel the need to preface my experience with some honest thoughts about the multi-million (billion?) dollar industry...

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