Photo by Jose Picayo, for Bon Appetit Magazine
Bon Appetit’s upcoming August issue features a Big Sur Dinner Party and story by me–an inspiration piece about growing up around Nepenthe’s storied tables and how it influenced my cooking, along with recipes. This piece has been in the works for months now, and it’s always a thrill to [...]

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 the [...]

“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, as [...]