Hot Plates
November was a great month for dining around the Bay Area, and I want to praise a few special dishes served in some exciting surroundings. We made a run for Absinthe after the opera last week and were charmed to pieces by an authentic version of earthy coq au vin,...
A Different Thanksgiving
It was just the two of us this year, so we down-scaled our Thanksgiving feast into a manageable dinner focusing on seasonal, local and wild. I especially like wild dining. So I picked up a gorgeous filet of wild Alaska King salmon at Dave's, and a few russets from New...
View from the Farm
The magnificent Farm up on the UCSC campus is one of the treasures of the central coast. But it's only one aspect of the complex and multi-faceted Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. Read my cover story in GT Weekly and be enlightened!
Frank Sitting at Ano Nuevo
Here’s Frank, sitting on the beach at Año Nuevo where we go every February 2 to commemorate the day the tree fell on our car.
Jack on AVE
Jack actually lives next door, but he loves AVE (Frank’s sky-blue Honda Civic) - especially on cold days when the car is still warm from being out and about.
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.