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Two triangular cookies on a plate, one has chocolate filling, the other has apricot filling.

Hamantaschen for Purim

It's time to get triangular!

A rectangular slice of bright yellow lemon tart, with two Meyer lemons behind.

Meyer Lemon Tart

A floral lemon tart with a perfect velvety texture, and a delicate, sweet crust.

Vintage ad for an alarm radio: "Noted doctor proves GE Clock-Radio wakes you Soothingly... but alarms wake you with SHOCK"

Ease into the Daylight Saving Time change

I have a (relatively) gentle approach to the Daylight Saving Time shift that almost makes it tolerable.

Photo of a garage packed full of random stuff. Some boxes, some furniture.

Tackling the garage

Some progress has been made, but a deadline looms...

Chocolate chip cookies, topped with big flakes of salt, on a cooling rack.

The best chocolate chip cookies

Life is better with chocolate chip cookies at the ready, and my favorite recipe makes it easy.

Ten red grape tomatoes are nestled in a round plastic lid, alongside a long, orange, serrated bread knife.

The cherry tomato cutting trick

I resisted, but I've finally been converted to the better way to cut cherry tomatoes.

Two biscotti cookies are on a small plate. You can see small pieces of ginger and almonds in the cookies.

Orange Cardamom Ginger Biscotti

The traditional Italian cookie, with citrus and spice flavors.

A jazz trio—drummer, upright bass, and piano—in front of a mural of Charlie Brown & Lucy, made of hundreds of Peanuts comics.

A night at the Schulz Museum

Rich was invited to perform Guaraldi tunes, and Wanda and I got to be there.

Eight round balls of unbaked pizza dough are arranged on two floured baking sheets.

Pizza Night

Sunday night is Pizza Night.

Close-up of a microphone.

Adding audio to "I Have Doubt!"

Welcome to Radio Humu?

An illustration shows a Latina woman holding a baby, flinging her arm out, knocking back a black-clad "Border Patrol" figure.

¡Ya Basta!

Learning about the history of immigration rights in San Francisco.

Failure Tom Kha Gai

Failure Tom Kha Gai

A Thai coconut-based chicken soup recipe, only with half of the ingredients swapped out, and they're the important ones, but it's good anyway.

A ceramic orange tabby cat wears a spacesuit.

Beyond the walled gardens

A month into a new way of being online has me feeling fresh and hopeful, even in the midst of the world's horrors.

An orange plastic tool is on a counter next to an orange and a lemon. The tool is shaped like a V, with two handles.

The best citrus juicer is the Fluicer

I love this juicer from Dreamfarm, and also their collapsible whisk, the Flisk.

Chicken Mushroom Tartine

Chicken Mushroom Tartine

Chicken and mushrooms and cream and white wine and Dijon and thyme and bread. Yes, please!

Detailed painting of a round, wide, tiered tower.

My neighbors

I'd like to tell you about what it's like living in a neighborhood with diversity.

A pomegranate and a knife on a cutting board.

How to cut a pomegranate

This game-changing method for getting the seeds out of a pomegranate is fast, clean, and easy.

A photo of Vince Guaraldi, with his big handlebar mustache and heavy-rimmed glasses. He's standing next to a small piano.

The inspiring Vince Guaraldi

Our family digs jazz great Vince Guaraldi, and it's sparked some neat projects.

A slice of golden brown focaccia, topped with big flakes of salt.

Focaccia: King Arthur's Recipe of the Year

Will this be my new go-to focaccia recipe? Yes, I think so!

On the left, bright white sugar has orange zest on top. On the right, the sugar is now uniformly yellow and a bit more damp.

Getting big orange flavor in baking

Turn to the peel, not the juice.

Bowl with salad greens, chunks of avocado and pieces of blood orange, topped with a bright green dressing.

Green Goddess Dressing

A fresh herb salad dressing that is a bright, creamy classic.

Shelves in a refrigerator, with leafy green produce and a block of tofu.

Race against the rot

My cooking to-do list is piling up, and life keeps pulling at my attention.

Album cover art, showing Labi Siffre holding an acoustic guitar, leaning against a moss-covered natural rock wall.

Cannock Chase

The universe brought me a new favorite song, packaged cleverly in the season finale of Hacks.

My approach to recipe posts

My approach to recipe posts

Some of my whys and hows about sharing my recipes.

Flour is being poured into a bowl on a digital kitchen scale, which reads 54g.

Switching to metric

[cowbell] Come on, baby. Don't fear the meter! Baby, take my hand. Don't fear the meter! We'll be able to fly. Don't fear the meter!