4th street luncheon, berkeley
“There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.” ~ MFK Fisher A couple weeks ago my husband sent me an article from the NYT’s T Magazine. It was…
Food
A Sextet of Women in Food ~ Kelsie Kerr and STANDARD FARE
“Children believe what we tell them. They have complete faith in us. They believe that a rose plucked from a garden can plunge a family into conflict. They believe that the hands of a human beast…
on WINE ~ “what i dream of is an art of balance” ~ henri matisse. Part 1. Interviews with Josh Jensen and Rajat Parr
“Tomorrow you may bring about the destruction of your world. Tomorrow you may sing in Paradise above the smoking ruins of your world-cities. But tonight I would like to think of one man, a lone individual,…
Paul Draper of Ridge Winery ~ an interview…
“There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.” ~ MFK Fisher I met Paul Draper through his wine. It was my 40th birthday, Chez Panisse, and the wine…
“A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine.” ~ brillat-savarin, Part 2. Interview with Chad Arnold
“Different people in different parts of the world can be thinking the same thoughts at the same time. It’s an obsession of mine, that different people, in different places, are thinking the same thing, but…
“Give ’em what they never knew they wanted.” ~ Diana Vreeland. Interview with designer Jake Wall of Artful Gentleman…
“You need a challenging partner. In a good collaboration, differences between partners mean that one plus one will always equal more than two. ” ~ twyla tharp “the collaborative method” “You’re like a meteor, something celestial,…
“A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine.” ~ brillat-savarin, Part 1. Interview with Ridge’s Paul Draper and Chad Arnold (part 2)…
“There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.” ~ MFK Fisher I met Paul Draper through his wine. It was my 40th birthday, Chez Panisse, and the…
Chez Panisse Collection, part 1 ~ editorial shoot, photographed by Gabriel Harber
“tell me what you eat and i will tell you what you are.” – brillat-severin food ~ Sometimes an after-thought, many times an obsession, but always a consideration. My relationship to food has continually been one of…
Pixar, Willy Wonka, Molten Chocolate Oooozy Cake, and memories of Hershey Park…
Pixar is our backyard… Located in Emeryville, California, it is literally less than ten blocks away from where we live in West End Commons in West Oakland. I used to think of this more abstractly as…
Salon Dinner #19, part 2 ~ interviews with Dr. Laura Nader and Dr. Nelson Graburn
“Tell me and I forget teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ~ Benjamin Franklin I came to Berkeley from London for the doctoral program in Cultural Anthropology which after a semester, was doubled up…
Salon Dinner #19, part 1 – My Mom Carole’s Birthday and my Grammy Gladys’s Ricotta Gnocchi
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard FaceBook post, from December 23rd, 2012 ~ “On the occasion of my mom’s 67th birthday, I brought together some of the…