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Here are the baguettes, straight from the oven:

So the bread looked very authentic, but the process was long and drawn out and I didn’t have the patience to wait the final 5 hours while my baguettes achieved additional fine bubbliness of their outer crust, so I suppose the final product could have been better, but it was pretty good. [There would be […]

At the risk of sharing too much information, I feel like I’m living in a cross between night of the living dead and exorcist with all the bodily fluids coming out of orifices they should not. Will has kept things down since the 4th, but it sounds like a fireworks display when he goes to […]

We’re spoiled. We can walk less than a mile to a street that spans a 1.5 miles and is lined on both sides with great restaurants the entire stretch. One of those restaurants, Fonda, is a common date night haunt because the service is good, the drinks are interesting and the food is excellent. So […]

I’ve stumbled across an excellent marinade for light fish or tofu – Soy Sauce and Thai Kitchen Red Curry Paste. (see image below) Basically, I rub the victim with a light coating of the curry paste – it shouldn’t too dark red as this stuff is spicey – wash my hands really well before touching […]

Thanks to people like Michael Pollan (author of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” (Penguin Press, 2006) and “In Defense of Food” (Penguin Press, 2008)), CSAs have become a viable option to keep our local small organic growers in business. We belonged to Eatwell Farms for a little over a year, not renewing as we received a few […]

As usual, we had a long action packed weekend. Saturday, we went to the Youth in Arts Italian Street Painting Festival in San Rafael to see Dante Diego’s work in progress, and then off to Napa to celebrate Chetan’s big three-oh. (Sylvie at the Festival in tutu and sweater made by me) Chetan’s parents live […]

apparently Martha Stewart is in on this macaroon kick as here’s her recipe Maybe I will practice these for Sylvie’s birthday. Or mine! Or my Mommy’s! Yum.

My famous pirate Aunt gifted Will a full body dragon tattoo that we had squirreled away for a heatwave, and lo we’re having one! Will dawned this as we walked out the door to go camping, and it certainly saw a lot of sun. Summer means it is cherry time, here, and those cherry trees […]

Sent my friend Cindy some macaroons from Miette as a congrats on finding a new job. The verdict is these are more like non-stale petit fours than macaroons, as they are cakey. Apparently the real thing is crisp on the outside, chewy in the subderma and creamy in the center and has a french temperament. […]