My daughter is coming home for spring break so the refrigerator and the cupboard need to be stocked, because wherever she is, a small crowd follows. She loves chocolate chip…
I love phone calls like the one I received the other day from my neighbor, Nathalie. “Suzanne, I have too many bitter oranges, would you like some?” I didn’t…
Every year in early September I do the exact same thing, either because I'm crazy, or because I love the taste of pepper confit. I’m sure it’s a bit…
I have a dinner coming up, and I want to make a delicious but simple cake for dessert. I considered plenty of options and settled on an old favorite, Yogurt…
I have a confession to make. I love to test recipes. It’s creative, it’s finicky, it’s challenging. The aromas are marvelous, the workplace is comfortable and familiar, and you get…
Today, Seattle friends came for lunch. They’d already been in Provence for a week, eating truffles every time they turned around. This, and the fact that all of these people…
I make it every Christmas season, with quinces from my tree if there are enough. This year there were not and I was despondent, until I smelled the quinces coming…
The apple and pear harvest this year in my small, urban garden is like a treasure hunt, as the fruit is falling faster than I can pluck it from the…