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Favas, and May Flowers
At long last. My last taste of a fresh fava bean was in June 2004, at Cafe Sheinkin in Auckland, New Zealand. I ate Sunday brunch there every weekend, and [...]
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Herb and Bean
The hummus won. In the last post I was waffling on a fava puree or a fava pasta, but all the waiting and watering—watching those seeds reach for the sky, [...]
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Sea Bass, Caramelized Fennel
The last fennel bulbs. Chopped fine; mirin-ated; caramelized in olive oil and deglazed twice; slathered over seared sea bass with roasted radishes, hakurei turnips, mustard greens and rye bread.
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Father’s Day
Grandpa had been a month in Panama, Pia was in from Shanghai on a rare visit, and for a long and light-filled Sunday evening, we could forget that life sometimes [...]
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Bulgur, kale, bacon, olives
Dad patterned this after a recipe I didn’t see, in the new Alice Waters cookbook. I think the bulgur (mixed with red rice) was a swap for some sort of [...]
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61 Candles
A candle for each year in six very good decades, and one for good luck. We celebrated Frank’s 60th at No. 1951 with maple-smoked salmon and nearest of kin. It’s [...]
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Broccoli Days of Summer
The high tide of summer is inching away: long days always a little less so.
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January
Snapshots and bites from January: Spent a weekend on the water in Punaluu, to kick off our training for Merrie Monarch. In between verses I snuck into the kitchen to [...]
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