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Runeberg Redux

Happy Runeberg Day! I've moved, and taken up a new job, and now I'm back in a place with at least one Finnish colleague. A conversat...

9 Cheap and Easy Meals You Can Make In The Hostel

One of the best way to save money while traveling, is to cook your own meals. However,  I highly encourage you to eat out at least once to t...

Smokey pickled beet vinaigrette salad

Did I never get around to telling you about this beet salad that I made last year? With smokey tea-pickled beets and kumquats and blue chees...

Strawberry, Guava, Campari Ice Pop-tails

If, like me, you discover yourself at that point of the summer when deadlines are heaping upon you at a mad rate because it's almost the...

Blackberry, Peach, and Corn Cobbler, and 24 hours in Sacramento

This past weekend, I took some time off to head north to Sacramento and visit foodwriter Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic  and Melt fame. G...

Pencil Asparagus Frittata

( Above photo from STEEPED  book shoot ) When spring semester finals are done, and grades are turned in, and all the students move out of th...