I’ve done it! I’ve gotten out of the rut. I thought I was losing myself for the past few weeks: a lot of sitting, a loss of will to walk, to exercise, or simply to move. It didn’t hurt that the weather is lovely and the city looks like this: So yesterday, I walked. I [...]
Entries from April 2010
Grilled Halibut, Baked Yams and Tomato and Cucumber Salad
April 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Dinner
Tags: cucumbers·dolores park·fish sauce·ginger·halibut·rice wine vinegar·soy·tomatoes·yams
One Pot Salsa Chicken with Mock Caesar Salad
April 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Dinner
It’s been a busy weekend: Devon’s mom came to visit for two days and we had lovely food at Tartine (morning buns), the Slanted Door (imperial rolls, chicken claypot, and halibut with spicy gingered fish sauce), and Cheeseboard Pizza (pizza and salad of the day). At the bookstore, Alice Waters was here to sign copies [...]
Tags: bulgur·caesar salad·canal house cooking·cheese·chicken·one pot·salsa
Delivering Happiness
April 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Books, Exercise, Lunch
Brunch: Fresh Farm Egg (from Tomales) omelet with oregano and feta cheese, and a whole wheat pita. I attempted a Jacques Pepin style omelet as witnessed two nights ago on Anthony Bourdain, but this ended up a little bit more like scrambled eggs after I lost patience with his method. Today I had a day [...]
Tags: anthony bourdain·delivering happiness·goat cheese·jacques pepin·noe valley·omelet·samovar·sweet potato·tim ferriss·zappos
Weekly Meal Planning
April 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Dinner, Lunch
[Happy photo of the day: Pepper, getting a belly rub.] For the past few days I’ve been making more concerted efforts to plan my meals so that I know what I’m going to eat for dinner before 4:30 pm. Cutoff time of doom. So at the beginning of the week I sat down with a [...]
Tags: chicken·lentils·macaroni and cheese·soup·sunset magazine·swiss chard
Matzo Ball Soup
April 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Dinner
Today was a rainy day off, so I sat in my house cleaning and decided that it was a perfect day to make some rich chicken stock for some Matzo Ball soup. I broke every single passover dietary law yesterday at the Edible Art Contest, so I decided that I was going to make up [...]
Tags: manischewitz·matzo ball·passover·soup

