It was exactly a year ago tonight that I tiptoed onto the internet and, with a deliciously renegade feeling, put up my first blog post. The blog had been named months before, when I had tried to comment on a friend’s blog and been required to register for one of… Read More
Oh My Goodness
Santa came a little late to the land of Tea & Cookies this year, or perhaps he was just saving the best for last. It’s my fault, really. It’s been a rough week and I hadn’t had a chance to catch up with my friend, Mrs. B (you may remember… Read More
It’s Tamale Time!
There are many ways to celebrate the holiday season, but one of my favorites takes place on a Saturday somewhere in mid-December. On this day, in a cozy house in the Albany hills, my good friend and former roommate Meg and her husband Tim gather up seventy-five of their nearest… Read More
Wow
$58,301.70 That’s how much the Menu for Hope fundraiser brought in. Wow. A huge congratulations to Pim and all her many wonderful regional blogger reps, who have been working long and hard to make this all happen. What a feat! To read more about the UN World Hunger Programme, where… Read More
Sweetening the Pot
In which my cool Menu for Hope prize gets cooler still Not only does Chronicle Books publish the hippest, coolest cookbooks around, they have the hippest, coolest authors around. By a long shot. Imagine my surprise—and then delight—when Jeff Kohler, author of the gorgeous La Paella cookbook, emailed me out… Read More





