Over the last few years, sites like GrubHub and Eat24 have expanded delivery options way past pizza or Chinese. Pretty much…

March 30, 2016

Have you ever wondered how your grocery bill stacks up to other households/families’? Or, maybe this is something you’ve never even…

March 14, 2016

Here’s our annual Bay Area Spring and Summer Festival guide! I’m always amazed a) by the sheer number of festivals in…

February 25, 2016

In honor of upcoming Oscar Night, aka 6-hour snack-a-thon at our place, I’ve compiled my latest milk and soy (and…

February 23, 2016

It’s a day of fevers and puffy eyes, and so we’re all cuddled up on the sofa with pillows and blankets…

February 12, 2016

As soon as Bean opened one of her birthday presents to reveal a Far West Fungi mushroom mini farm log,…

February 8, 2016

If you’ve ever driven down Highway 1 heading to Santa Cruz, you have undoubtedly noticed Gherkin’s Sandwich Shop with its bright…

February 4, 2016

As soon as Bean started preschool, my mind was blown by how superior her lunch box options were to mine as…

February 1, 2016

As I type, a heavy fog is draping San Francisco; a misty rain pelting my window. After years of drought,…

January 22, 2016

I hope everyone out there has a lovely holiday and fantastic new year to come! We are headed to Yosemite…

December 23, 2015

I cannot wait to begin the baking marathon that kicks off Christmas. I’m already puzzling through how to stagger rise…

December 21, 2015

Given a choice between cake and pie, I choose pie every time. I’m a pie lady. There really is no…

December 16, 2015

Months ago, a friend returned a piece of tupperware she’d borrowed, full of cookies. She flashed a southern smile and…

December 15, 2015

When December rolls around, and the evenings are dark and cold and you’re all piled under quilts with fuzzy socks…

December 2, 2015

When you have a kid with food intolerances and allergies, birthday parties and holidays become a tight rope walk. And…

November 23, 2015