Weather: 57 degrees, lots of rain What I’m listening to: the slosh of the washing machine A lot of times I get recipe inspiration while trying a dish at a restaurant or in someone’s home, because that flavor gets wrapped up in the fullness of a moment and becomes a...
Weather: 54 degrees, wet after a night of rain What I’m listening to: the low rumble of John Deere tractors outside making preparations for the opening of fishing season tomorrow Around the Fourth of July, when social media blew up with smiling faces in matching red whi...
Weather: 52 degrees, grey skies What I’m listening to: Walk Off the Earth When I was in grade school in Southern California, living at grandma’s little white cottage on Orange Street with the shaded porch and bench-style porch swing, there were two kinds of ice ...
Weather: 54 degrees, cloudy What I’m listening to: the way it sounds when cars drive by on the highway after it rains While here visiting this last week, a family member caught a halibut in Kachemak Bay. Their one request before they headed back to Central...
My grandmother grew strawberries in springtime in a small garden plot that lined the exterior of her detached garage in Southern California. The soil was edged with scalloped grey concrete bricks, adjacent to a chain link fence with a gate leading to the back alley. As a littl...
A couple of weeks ago I got to spend four days up in Anchorage participating in a food styling photo shoot with Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, cooking and styling some of the most incredible seafood and local Alaska Grown produce this fine state has to offer, alongside my...