It’s not yet morning as I sit here writing in a little kitchen nook at this seaside house where I am staying. I was up early to drive my daughter to the bakery where she is working for the day, where she will jump in a white van soon after and head to the farmers’ [...]

After the events of this past week and some personal soul searching, I am struck by a comment author Ruth Reichl posted on her blog about why she writes about food, especially during difficult times. It was in response to a reader that suggested she should maybe stop writing about all the great food she [...]

It’s a sullen gray kind of day here in Oakland, and I’m puttering about trying to gather my thoughts.  In fact, I am staring at a million little notes scattered across my desk. They say things like: “Drop book off to the Monterey library,” “Contact LA store for reading in the spring,” and “Write every [...]