We all have our go-to recipes for special occasions and the Wookie Cookies are one of my fave for kids’ parties. Especially when my little girl turns 9 and wants to take them to school. When I asked her what treat she wanted to bring to school (they have no dietary restrictions), she hesitated between Lammingtons and Wookie [...]
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We never thought much of pickles until we tasted crisp cauliflower, carrot, daikon and green bean pickles at Tao Cafe Restaurant, a Vietnamese restaurant in the Mission in San Francisco. They were crisp, fresh and completely addictive. Even our girls kept coming back to the sour crunchy veggies and ate their fill before the imperial [...]
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Fig trees have always fascinated me, if only because of the sweet scent of their broad green leaves carried by the wind on sizzling days. When I smell a fig tree, I am immediately transported to a land of summer days by the sea, fauns dancing drunk on limestone cliffs and sea caves hiding mythical [...]
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To make jam, you need fruit. To make strawberry jam, I drive to the closest strawberry u-pick farm and unleash my powerful elementary-age crew in the fields. Instructions are twofold: “Pick only the red ones” and “Hold the grazing!” My older girl is quite efficient at fruit-picking while the little one tends to daydream and [...]
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Hot cross buns are more than a popular nursery rhyme in our household. Hot out of the oven spread with butter, they are a fantastic spicy brunch item and since Easter’s the season, here’s a recipe. Yes it’s a yeasted bread dough but don’t be afraid. This one’s one of the rare yeasted doughs that [...]
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