California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco It’s been raining a lot lately. This is good for our reservoirs, but not good for my weekend plans. All this time spent indoors, reading good books and drinking hot tea, reminds me of the winters that I spent in New York City. Without the means or the time [...]
Farmer’s cheese with California peppercorns and foraged lambsquarter (a plant, not a lamb) A few weeks ago, I took part in a foraging and cheese-making course taught by Pascal, a survival and wild foods expert in the Los Angeles area. Pascal teaches a wide variety of wild food and outdoor skills courses, which he lists [...]
Toki and I show you what not to do (T. Kornylak) Our puppy, Toki, is currently attending Puppy Kindergarten. Like the other new puppy parents, we have a lot of the usual questions about potty training, jumping, and chewing. But we also want to know – what’s the best way to keep your dog off [...]
Whole Foods is opening in Venice on September 3! I have mixed emotions about the opening in my neighborhood of one of my favorite stores. I have a love-hate relationship with Whole Foods. (On one hand, I love to browse the aisles, and find the experience strangely soothing. In fact, the food writer Michael Pollan [...]
