To Big Sur, With Love The August issue of Bon Appetit has hit the shelves. Editor-in-Chief, Barbara Fairchild, in her “Letter From The Editor” (pg 12) writes that My Nepenthe is one of her current favorite cookbook/memoirs, calling it a “valentine” to my childhood at the legendary Big Sur restaurant. Of the “fun and casual [...]

I haven’t gone away completely. Working away on a new book project that I will tell you about soon. Scanning drawings, as in an old sketch of mango. Thinking about orchards, living in Big Sur, a blue bowl on my table. Much to do about memory, about making, creating, finding my rhythm in the kitchen, [...]

Sunset magazine called it a valentine to one of the most beautiful places to eat in the world. Epicurious named it one of the best cookbooks of 2009. And Michael Pollan hailed it as “special book about a special place.” I hope you’ll agree, and join me today for a My Nepenthe book signing at [...]