Let me begin by saying that gooseberries – would you believe – are hard to come by. In my quest to find this rare fruit, I heard tell that fresh gooseberries are actually available in season in the Bay Area at the produce market called the Berkeley Bowl, but that […]
There are places we dream about before we’ve ever seen them. Such was the case for Ireland and me. For years, I’d have dreams about a land that was green and rocky, with rolling hills and coastal edges, cool and deeply mystical. When I finally saw these images in magazines […]
There is talk aplenty of comfort foods in the cold winter months, and among the constants (like mac and cheese and mashed potatoes) on the lists of fare that warm the heart and the belly, you will usually find chicken pot pie. I have been a pot pie fan since […]