How’s that for a mouthful?
Here’s the story: I had a tub of whole milk ricotta in the fridge that was about to expire. I bought some beautiful little zucchinis at the farmer’s market last week with no purpose in mind. And here’s the real story–we are SWIMMING in kale around here, and I can’t use [...]

This was my favorite thing I ate this week. Yancey was at Pike Place with Loretta, and I called to ask if he’d pick up some fish for dinner. Being the sensible, thrifty (and cute, though that has nothing to do with this) person that he is, he said, “We have so much food at [...]

Came home at 4:30 yesterday, cooked dinner for my family, then left again at 5:45 for an evening meeting. For you non-city-dwellers, that’s a lot of driving in Seattle. At the worst times. Yancey could have easily fed himself and the kids, and I could have gone out for sushi or tacos by myself. But [...]

When we first started at our church, Pastor Angela asked if I wanted to help with Sunday School. I immediately said “no.” Give me a room full of adults, and I know just what to do. Kids? Forget it. They need crafts and snacks. Most terrifyingly, they see right through you and how you’d rather [...]

Gourmet magazine is really gone.  I kept hoping (along with a million other readers) that someone would rescue it from the brink, swoop into their corporate NYC headquarters with a bunch of cash and magnanimity, and keep us all afloat.  No such luck.  The publishing world has substituted Bon Appetit for the remainder of my [...]