So this morning it is totally socked in with fog around my house; the school alarm just went off across the street which sent me running out the door in my pj’s with the code to turn it off (someone beat me to it). Pausing to see what all the commotion is down the street–lots [...]

Today is my day of reckoning, that is the day my book is supposed to head to the printer. And, yes we are still at it here, despite my post a couple of weeks ago about letting it go (which in fact I did). But what can you do when it’s just not quite right, [...]

Welcome to my blog about growing up at Nepenthe restaurant in Big Sur, CA. I have a book forthcoming titled My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family, and Big Sur (Andrews McMeel, 2009) with beautiful color photography by Sara Remington. It’s part memoir, part storybook, and part cookbook. On this site, I will occasionally post [...]