Returning food to the sacred
Mulled wine has a very long history dating back to the 2nd century! It has incarnated in various ways through all of Europe, the Americas and mention of it in Turkey. After all this time the recipes have changed, evolved and become quite flexible with the one constant being hot wine sweetened with […]
The cooking continues this week and it’s by far the one thing that is giving me the most joy. Well… the cooking AND the colder weather up here. I love being among the trees. I need this everywhere I go, I think. We had our friend Zulma and her daughter Miss Olivia come up for […]
I can’t think of a single person I have come into contact with or know that isn’t feeling a pervasive sense of dread and tension about the outcome of the US elections this week or how they are going to manage themselves on the day of. It will be near impossible to stay away from […]
There are no words for the joy I have over being back in Idyllwild, ushered home by super cold and rainy weather! I’ve got home, fell asleep and then promptly woke up the next day to go grocery shopping so that I could spend the entire week cooking. It’s exactly what I did! We’ve eaten […]
Jon and I just got back to our family cabin in Idyllwild, California this week after 3 months of travel. And it was 3 months of fast travel as opposed to slow travel which is what we tend to either aspire to or do. This means that we didn’t stay in any one place longer […]
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This week was socially busy. Our last week in Austin had us making sure we saw as many of our friends as we could before leaving. It was fun, and though I’ve been so over eating out all the time, what made this week wonderful was that each time we sat down at the table […]
Writing these are getting harder for me. More than anything it’s the inability to forget the fact that I eat out every day. This aspect of my life is hurting me. There is no other way to say it. And I’m feeling pretty depressed about it. This isn’t to say that we aren’t getting to […]
After over a year of living and traveling through hot weather places, I’m so ready for cold weather and a true Fall. I’m READY for cold weather, strong winds and leaves falling all around me. Did I mention I was ready? Jon and I are heading back to Idyllwild, California in a week and I’m […]
