I was going to write a totally ordinary spring gardening post. Then, at about 7:30 last night, this happened. There's really nothing ...

Ok, you guys. I have to tell you something, and that something is that our furnace has been out since December 6th. Don't panic! We d...

We came back and were totally shocked to see how much clothing we still owned, how stupidly full our pantry, how empty our house without fo...

Gardening in California is a little surreal when you compare it to anywhere else. This is especially the case when you're gardening in...

It's happening. You guys know we have a meyer lemon tree in the backyard. Our next-door neighbors also have a standard lemon tree tha...

So the other day I went outside to water the garden only to discover that a full branch of our plum tree had snapped under its burgeoning w...

Breakfast time! I had farmer's market strawberries and oatmeal with yogurt, chopped dried apricots, and a handful of random chopped a...

So here's what you get when you buy kiwi at the farmer's market in California. DOUBLE KIWI. In some cases you even get tr...

So. When we got home from vacation, guess what we found waiting for us? A backyard full of pineapple guavas, also known as feijoas, that...

I really like good, dry rosé. This summer has been full of it. Today the high is 70F, which seems really low until you remember this is nor...

It's September, and you know what that means: fig season. I like to eat fresh figs raw, but that doesn't mean I always want them pla...

Here's what I got at the farmer's market last weekend: Here's what I ate for lunch immediately afterward: So I'm pretty ...

$25 got me: - 1 dozen brown eggs - loaf of bread - bag of grape tomatoes - bag of green beans - 2 zucchini - 1 cucumber - 1 head cel...

So when I went to the farmer's market I not only hauled home 5 pounds of tomatoes (not to mention a loaf of bread, 6 eggs, a bag of corn...

Yesterday was totally food project day at our house. My top stop at the farmer's market is the sort out bin: 65 cents a pound for a ra...

So you know how we suddenly live in a house with a massive assortment of delicious things growing in its yard? Well, I went and got a bottl...