Freekah salad with roasted cauliflower. Autocorrect prefers freaky.

Tiny Argentinian rainbow trout, too small to keep.

Domino sugar factory wall.

Behind the scenes, Baked Occasions photoshoot.

Nino's grandfather's wine corker.

Neapolitan still life.

Backyard picnic.

Behind the scenes, Pasta Modern photoshoot.

Clams, garlic, white wine, lemon zest and juice, parsley, pasta.

China!

Adorable alpine cows make delicious cheese.

Alpine cheese from adorable cows.

How my mom does it.

Myth-busting cheese and fish incompatibility: bagna cauda and burrata.

Amaranth found in Asian superstore--better than spinach.

Saturday morning museum.

Making pestos for the freezer.

Italian kitchen with groceries.

Garden eggplants, pepper, purple basil, and green beans.

Keeping it cheerful.

Korean-style gochujang broiled fish and stirfried rice cakes.

Tomato galette battle: pre-roasted versus raw. Roasted wins by a landslide. Vodka crust.

Ravello mosiacs.

White snapdragon, blush rose, poppy.

Christmas breakfast, Santa Barbara.

Blizzard in Sedona, New Years Day.

Roast chicken benefits from herb butter in the freezer.

Fresco detail, Thailand.

Cape Cod surf n surf: swordfish and scallops.

Having a cute helper helps.

Pre-thunderstorm, Jazz Fest.

Hot pepper jelly from garden with cream cheese and wheat thins.

Afghan food is delicious but too hard to find, so I made my own.

Peach and nectarine jam.

2 hour wait for best tex-mex is just lovely with bananagrams, margs, and a warm hat.

Homemade chicken liver pate.