Last night, I ate dinner in my car before a client meeting–10 triscuits with cheddar, a handful of almonds, clipboard in my lap. The night before that, dinner was 5 cubes of cheese and some dried-out radishes from a corporate veggie tray.  In snippets of home time, it’s been rice and beans, warmed from a [...]

I was talking to Bethany yesterday, and she was a little flummoxed about lettuce bounty–in her CSA box, in her garden. That’s the thing with lettuce–there’s really nothing to do but eat it fresh.  Something more sturdy, like kale, collards, or chard, can be cooked down and shrunk.  But darn if those heads of lettuce [...]

Bethany came down from Bellingham to spend the day with me.  She left with Baby Emmett (who’s not really a baby anymore) about an hour ago, and I miss her already.  She brought spring onions, rhubarb, and mint from her yard, and we met up at Volunteer Park with Naomi, Isaac, and Reggie.  I love [...]

Sunday night, right after pizza with grilled peppers, we ate a second giant dinner.  At about 7:30, our eight-year old neighbor Jessie knocked at our door and said, “My dad wants you to come over for noodles.”  This happens once every 6 or 8 weeks, and we have to go.  We want to go, no [...]

At the Lynnwood Trader Joe’s yesterday (Yancey’s new stomping grounds) and spotted this “nonfat plain pleasantly tart” frozen yogurt.  For $2.99, I had to try it.  It’s GOOD!  A pleasing substitute for that (really expensive) frozen yogurt that’s popping up everywhere at Red Mango or Pink Sillyhead or whatever all those places are called.  I [...]