Photo by Sara Remington. I’ve been meaning to send out a spring recipe, and yet today it is raining and hardly feels sunny and hopeful like it has been, or like this delicious rhubarb crisp from My Nepenthe is. But perhaps that is even more of a reason for me to send it out, and [...]

“If you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.” — Frank Lloyd Wright Last night I presented at Linden Tree, an uber cool event series held at Sagan Piechota Architecture, an equally fabulous space in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley. Linden Tree was conceived a few years ago, [...]

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. ~Wallace Stevens After what seems like weeks of intermittent rain storms, gray weather, and spotty sunshine it is a pleasure to wake to the subtle warmth and promise of spring. There is much going on in my world–no surprise–and as the legacy of Nepenthe continues [...]