All Four Burners

They allege that procrastination and perfectionism are positively correlated. They certainly are in my case. Which is why I have been sitting on this post for well over a week. That and the fact that I am sick…yet again. It started with a case of the sniffles on Sunday. Then, coupled with a terrible night […]

The idea of dirtying only 1 pot is very appealing right now — since the vast majority of our kitchen is wrapped up and packed in boxes in our living room. Yep, the packers arrive on Monday, with the move commencing Tuesday. Ack, I still haven’t packed for our road trip. I guess I’ll have […]

I have the moving blues. Don’t get me wrong. I am thrilled to move back to California. Delighted. Primed. It’s just that there’s a whole lot of packing in front of us. As I begin to repack our worldly belongings, I am racked with indecision: “Will I need this in the next three weeks?;” “Will […]

I may have come to terms with autumn. Ah, alluring autumn. Brisk mornings. The crunch of leaves underfoot. Trees dripping with golden and carmine boughs. And the seduction of comfort food. We spent all summer gorging on fresh produce. Now, we have turned to the lure of excess calories required to power through the impending winter. […]

This is a lovely variation on a classic potato-and-leek soup. Blending the cooked soup lends a velvety creamy cohesion to the final product. The green specks of spinach persuaded me that I was eating something quite nutritious.