I am an Italian native living in Northern California. I write memoir, food stories and poetry, cook a lot and photograph the world around me.
Spreading Vegetable Joy
Beets for a colorful vegan starter
A Daily Dose of Awe
Running in Sue-meg State Park
Classic Oatmeal Cookies Revisited
Toasted oats, plumped raisins and local flours give these humble looking cookies a boost of flavor and texture
Fermentation Tales of Koji and Miso
How shoyu koji and miso are made and how they can be used
A Simple Carrot Salad
Three-ingredient Salad
Forest Bathing in the Redwoods
In the forest I do not feel small
Seize the Day on the Bay
Hope to see you on the water. It is amazing.
I'll Have My Spinach with Cheese and Chocolate, Please
Spinach with the unexpected richness of cheese and chocolate
Take Time for Salad
Before the warming course, I eat a salad — usually a big one.
Make a Wish Instead of a Resolution
Whatever your wish, make it come true in 2023
Add Another Squash to the Table
Honeynut, blue cheese and walnut bites
Apples Center Stage
In a beautiful crostata
End-of-Summer Joy and Goat Cheese
Roasted eggplant and tomatoes to lengthen summer on the table
Farmers Markets, Summer Produce and Joy
And like that, it's summer
Eat Your (Radish) Greens
Instead of letting them go to waste