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  • Paper Chef #9

    It’s time for another Paper Chef, hosted by Tomatilla. I’ve only taken part in one other one but with swim team season finally over (for a few weeks at least), I decided to join in this time. The required ingredients were peaches, dried, chiles, edible flowers, and “something local.” My first thought was a salsa…

  • A Bit of Local Press

    A bit of local press for me, the web site, and Digital Dish from the Pleasanton Weekly. The reporter attended the book-signing last week and they came out and snapped a few pictures earlier this week. You can’t see the pictures online of me chopping tomatoes for bruschetta but suffice it to say it came…

  • The Cook Next Door – Meme

    Tagged by Karen over at The Pilgrim’s Pots and Pans for this food blog meme–my first ever and I’m very late. What is your first memory of baking/cooking on your own? Probably baking chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Like my own kids are now, I was much more interested in sweets so would bake cakes, cookies,…

  • Tomatoes, Book Signing, and plates

    The tomatoes have been ripening in the garden. I was remiss in not sharing the first one. I grabbed it greedily and had it for breakfast on sliced sourdough bread. Soon the clamors for bacon and tomato sandwiches were heard but I had to wait until I had enough all ripe at the same time.…

  • Book signing tomorrow night in Pleasanton

    If you’re local to the San Francisco Bay Area, come on over to Pleasanton, to Towne Center Books, tomorrow Wednesday, July 27th at 7:30pm. Owen of Tomatilla, Dr. Biggles of MeatHenge and I will be speaking about blogs and food and cooking and writing and all that other good stuff that comes together in Digital…