Pumpkin Polenta Recipe with Tomatillo-Avocado Salsa

My inspiration this week- pumpkin polenta with salsa fresca. It's been a gloomy, rainy week here in West Hollywood. Weather-wise, that i...

Pumpkin Polenta Recipe with Tomatillo-Avocado Salsa 2010-10-22T17:02:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot

Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookies

Almond flour cookies with the nutty crunch of pecans. Here I am again. Baking cookies. It's one way I cope with the world. Which, in cas...

Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookies 2010-07-08T13:56:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot

56 Things To Remember

On the eve of my last birthday I wrote a post- Fifty-five Things I've Learned in 55 Years . Well, Babycakes. June is here again. There...

56 Things To Remember 2010-06-17T16:27:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot

Gut Instinct

Nine days in the hospital. This is what a monkey gut can do. Nagging, for years, with its hot little protests and complaints. You blame glut...

Gut Instinct 2010-05-17T11:38:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot

Quinoa Mushroom Pilaf

Quinoa pilaf with mushrooms, scallions and bell peppers. In between bouts of rain and nostalgia (I prickle using the word nostalgia, to be h...

Quinoa Mushroom Pilaf 2010-01-24T16:23:00-08:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot

Red Quinoa with Butternut Squash, Cranberries and Pecans

A dazilious red quinoa salad with fruit and vegetable jewels. Today's recipe is a beautiful red quinoa recipe I tossed together featuri...

Red Quinoa with Butternut Squash, Cranberries and Pecans 2010-01-11T12:15:00-08:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot

Sweet Potato Pie

Gluten-free sweet potato pie- and vegan, too. The afternoon sun is spinning the seaside air that particular autumn gold, burnished and warm ...

Sweet Potato Pie 2009-11-13T15:44:00-08:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot

Fifty Five Things I've Learned in 55 Years

Last December, my blogging amiga Kalyn posted a list for her birthday: Sixty Things I've Learned in Sixty Years . Like so many readers,...

Fifty Five Things I've Learned in 55 Years 2009-06-18T20:01:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot

Sticky Notes (on an anniversary)

Mist on the mesa- toward Abiquiu. We choose our partners with a secret eye seeking the twin. Not the twin in the mirror, but the lost twin i...

Sticky Notes (on an anniversary) 2008-03-24T13:00:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot

Screwed! But Sparky and Esteban Save the Day

Meet Sparky. He's my new bed and blanket companion. Looking at him makes me smile. After the fall - there's an awful lot of imagery,...

Screwed! But Sparky and Esteban Save the Day 2007-10-22T10:39:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot

Blueberry July

The view from our casita last night was a painting in progress- rapidly changing washes of color from east to west. The softest pink pushing...

Blueberry July 2007-07-02T10:11:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot

Santa Fe Style

Walking after dinner is a pleasure here in Santa Fe. The light is magic. The adobe walls throb with the heat of the day [you cannot resist r...

Santa Fe Style 2006-06-14T07:57:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot

Imagining the New

  Roasted vegetables on brown rice pasta. The house is looking bare now but for boxes stacked in corners [scribbled with colored markers: ar...

Imagining the New 2006-04-13T05:52:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot

Egg & Pesto on Grilled Toast

We're getting our Cape Cod house ready to sell. In the midst of weeding out and recycling, I stumbled upon this ancient menu- circa age ...

Egg & Pesto on Grilled Toast 2006-03-13T06:42:00-08:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: mbot