Last updated on December 2nd, 2020 at 08:37 am Lavender shortbread cookies are biscuits of herby goodness but add Meyer lemon to them and you’ll know exactly what California tastes like. Meyer lemon and lavender shortbread cookies are a delightful combination of California flavors mixed into a simple, eggless cookie dough. It’s taken a while…
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Caldo Verde
Last updated on December 1st, 2020 at 10:21 am Caldo Verde is a traditional Portuguese soup made with collard greens or kale, potato and sausage. The Grubstake has been serving it to San Franciscans to warm their souls and to cure their hangovers for more than 50 years. While the rest of the country is…
Shanghai Surprise: Soup Dumplings
I stole that title; if you’re old enough to remember Madonna and Sean Penn were once married, you might remember they were in a movie together called Shanghai Surprise. I never saw it, but I heard it was terrible. But I think soup dumplings can restore the title’s virtue. They originated in Shanghai and if you’ve…
Making Sense of Leftovers: Pumpkin Banana Cupcakes with Caramel Ginger Frosting
There are so many things to love about living in San Francisco: Sunny days, chilly nights, a walk uphill to the grocery store counts as a workout, burritos… But, I have to say, the one requisite item for living in California that brings me pure joy is my compost bucket. I love reducing, reusing and…
Cream Biscuits
Three months and three days ago I blew up my life: sold most of my belongings, packed up the rest and dragged my cat with me to San Francisco to be closer to family. There’s nothing like a 2,000 mile move to make you appreciate the value of simplicity. And simple I must be. After…
Sourdough Bread
There are few things as delicious as a slice of sourdough bread with a generous layer of almost-cold-butter. But making it is not quite as simple as the pleasure of a piece of bread—but because this kind of stuff excites me, I wanted to share just how awesome sourdough bread is. Sponge-Worthy Starter What makes…