Author Archives: Tanya
Taking a break from a mass of dishes and cleaning I’ve been doing this morning, and still have to finish. Saturday afternoon lunch of bread made by a friend, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and baby spinach salad with fennel and figs. Accompanied by a cup of Glühwein. Enjoying it while watching Cheri. It’s a bit fluffy, but beautiful [...]
Yesterday afternoon I took my mom to tea and food at a recently opened flower shop & tea room, Rose Tea, in the Inner Sunset neighborhood here in town. We shared some sandwiches, lentil soup, cookies and jam, over hot cups of tea. The portions were huge and the tea selection is small but covers [...]
Fellow bloggers and readers: How did you come to develop your tone and theme in your blog? More importantly, do you feel a personal blog should have a particular theme, or should the blogger reserve the right to write about whatever they want? Is there an obligation for consistency in a personal blog? I feel [...]
Yesterday afternoon I tried out a recipe from Kate Zuckerman’s fantastic book The Sweet Life: Desserts from Chantrelle. I couldn’t recommend the book more enthusiastically. I picked it up on a whim at Green Apple in my neighborhood and I’ve since bookmarked a good dozen recipes I’m dying to try out. The book is beautifully [...]
Earlier this week, J. and I took a teeny tiny adventure to LA metro, just for one day. We got in Tuesday morning and first headed to the Getty Center for a delicious lunch (grilled Barramundi on a bed of kale and mashed squash), followed by a thorough visit to the exhibit of Medieval illuminated [...]
