Dry and scatter your colored leaves. Don't worry if the edges curl up a bit, they look prettier that way. Invest in some tiny sea...

Just over a month ago as August was bearing down on me, I wrote a  summer do list  filled with things I wanted to accomplish before the air...

  If you don't know about Remedy Quarterly you must, you must! RQ is a charming magazine filled with food memories and t...

The reason I decided I wanted to write a book about M.F.K. Fisher wasn't because I was obsessed with food and wine. It was bec...

All I have for you tonight is a few photos. Photos from our vacation that I meant to post and write about immediately (and beautifully!) ...

I've been plowing through books lately, and consuming them with the same frantic, never-come-up-for-air feeling that I remember from ...

There's nothing like having your disorganization and procrastination splayed wide for the whole wide world to see. Case in point: I...

Where did the week go? It's the nicest Friday in San Francisco I've ever seen, and it's made me incredibly dreamy. Here are so...

Sean's been in Los Angeles with his mom for ten days and in that week-and-a-half, I've learned something: My views on eating alone...

The other day, Sean looked at me and said: "I married you because I wanted someone to share the good times. And now we have to share ...

So, it's nearly the middle of December. We have a tiny tree, a snow globe collection, a parade of penguins lined up on the mantle. Every...

Simply Lit   Often toward evening, after another day, after another year of days, in the half dark on the way home I stop at the food s...

Where do you find yours? This week I've found inspiration in the changing seasons , new neighborhoods , coffee fueled conversations wi...

  There's a lot of buzz right now about the new year: resolutions, house cleaning, and getting fit. For me, it's cacophony. I've...

My favorite gift that I am giving this year also happens to be the one I wish I was GETTING: A subscription to the independent food magazin...

This week has been a small lesson in failure. Sure, I have a book coming out , but there are so many things I'm not doing. Blogging reg...