If you want more friends, start cooking. I’ve met most of my favorite people though a shared love of good food, good wine, and good parties.
Homemade food soothes the soul and makes people happy. Cooks need never be lonely. They rely on friends to eat the delicious food pouring from ...
In honor of the recent publication of Tastes Like Home’s 2nd Revised Edition, I’m rerunning this article, originally published on November 10, 2007.
Every cook worth her salt has mentors who influence and inspire in different measures. From Froso, I learned the importance of using local ingredients at their seasonal ...
Happy Nowruz! Happy Persian New Year!
Nowruz, which translates as “New Day” or “New Light”, is the name given New Year’s Day in the Persian (Iranian) calendar. Nowruz has been celebrated for over 3000 years across the region that once made up the Persian Empire.
Before the Greeks, Romans, and Ottoman Turks ...
Lush baskets of greens lined the table: crumpled dark Lacinato kale, sweet golden-stalked Swiss chard, deep maroon piles of earthy red orach. The sign read, “Fresh International Gardens.”
“Good morning! Where’s your farm?” The answer to my standard market question was a surprise: “Mountain View.”
Mountain View, a densely populated neighborhood within ...
Haul from Wednesday’s Farmers’ Market: parsley, dill, Swiss chard, beets, spinach, broccoli, orach, zucchini, squash blossoms, cucumbers, tomatoes
Farmers’ market season is upon us. Stalls are bursting with fresh greens and herbs. Early broccoli and zucchini are spottily available. The first bunches of baby carrots appeared today.
Sandy beaches and rocky promontories alternate along the island’s irregular coastline. Mounds of wild thyme cover the hills sloping down to the sea, and scent the sea air with their heady aroma.
Harvesting Wild Thyme
By the start of summer, the wild thyme is in bloom. Yiannis, our ...
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