Last Friday night, I peered at the “oven heat indicator” gauge on this Wedgewood stove, patented in 1922, thinking about old technology and love of machines. A few feet away, in this spacious kitchen somewhere in Happy Valley, California, guacamole preparation was beginning, and then the food prep yielded to croquet with technologists, a medical [...]

The only thing better than Momofuku scallion sauce (recipe) on hot noodles? Momofuku sauce made with ramps coating cold soba noodles, sliced hanger steak, and quick pickles on a warm spring morning. As I leave another little piece of my heart in San Francisco this weekend (you know, you know I will), there will be [...]

Easter weekend cooking began with Thursday night linguine, an alfredo sauce that gave a sheen to peppery smoked Maine salmon my friend Keryn brought when she visited, peas, pearl onions, and a grating of nutmeg, and on Friday, sun filled the patio of Song Thai, where Kevin, Nika, Liza and I toasted to spring holidays [...]

I noticed that Diane Birch reminded me of Karla Bonoff the other day, and this mix grew out of thinking about other new artists that channel someone who came before them, sometimes subtly, sometimes not. Disregard the purposely controversial name of the first track, please (you’ll recognize immediately the quintet that inspired the refrain), and [...]

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