Pumpkin is seasonal. Yepp, you heard me. That stuff you buy in cans… not a substitute. Also, very important, don’t try canning that stuff at home. The FDA and USDA really, really, will have a fit if you try – mashed pumpkin tends to trap and develop...

I rarely rely on recipes, except for two things – baking and sausage making. The latter’s more snooty cousin, the world of farcir, forcemeats, terrines, and other concoctions, especially relies on well executed ratios. This Bavarian recipe for...

A brief while ago, I ruined my arm lifting a stock pot from the range onto my line, popping ulna and radius a little bit, but not killing anything major. Turns out in the process of recuperating, however, I assumed positions that weren’t intended to...

Twenty years and two days ago, just around this time, an eager young man boarded a train to Berlin. Feeling somewhat important and scared at the same time, his hand slid over the cold, smooth, metal of his side-arm. Over and over. As if to remind...

So I am running late. There’s a 30 minute delay on 101 towards Burlingame, which I have to take because the Bay Bridge is still closed for re-repairs. And that means I won’t make it to Jess in time to make and confirm reservations for six....