We’ve all heard some version of when not to eat an oyster. Don’t eat them in months without an R! Or is it ending in an R? Or is it said...

A little over  a month ago, I made a dessert of homemade buttermilk ice cream and cardamom orange shortbread for a multiple James Beard...

So much coordination was required for my move from Los Angeles to Washington state — organizing years of belongings into piles for sale,...

Yes, this is a blog about the summer solstice and I’m posting it in August. Admit it, the summer’s gotten away from you too. The earth...

Florida, April 2013 When I told people I’d be spending three weeks in Florida in April, the first thing that 75% of them said to me was...

I’ve never tried a long-distance relationship, unless emotional distance counts the same as air miles (I’m not naming names — please do...

Oysters taste like the water they were grown in — more specifically, the food they grew up eating. If you were to apply this as a...

Although I’ve lived in Southern California for almost 30 years,  the Pacific Northwest — particularly Seattle and more specifically,...