cooking with my husband
If you walked into our small kitchen it might look as though the semi-circles we are dancing around each other are coordinated. They’re not. They’re of the moment, born of boiling water and butter that…
Summer
letting her fly.
This is our girl. Our Lucy girl. Lucy turned four this summer, a summer of laughter and splashing in the pool every day, a summer of long days playing in the yard, evenings at the beach,…
pistachio-encrusted salmon with edamame mash
We don’t have that many hot days here in the Seattle area. When they come, I relish them, drinking that hot air into my skin as though I’m trying to photosynthesize. The memory of February…
grilled lamb with pomegranate and balsamic
Hey folks! Usually it’s me (this is Shauna) tumbling the words onto the page. But Danny wanted to write this post, especially because we grilled a leg of lamb in a marinade he made, inspired…
fresh figs with soft cheese and balsamic syrup
We’re having so much fun with making these videos that we took the leap. We bought a new camera. Instead of shooting videos gonzo-style, with our iPhones, we now have a new-to-us, slightly used DSLR…
summer vegetable hash
One evening last week, I finally met Eric. My dear friend Sharon, who showed up on this website before Danny did, has been dating a man for nearly two years without me meeting him. This is…
gluten-free apricot-strawberry cake
When my dear friend Tita met Danny for the first time, she knew he was the right man for me. She said she could tell by my joyful ease as I sat next to him,…
smoked paprika-chipotle sauce
It started innocently enough. A few weeks ago, we had a picnic at the beach. Some good friends decided that the summer ending called for a little gathering. Three moms, one dad, and a bunch…
warm brown rice and grilled vegetable salad
This weekend I spent exactly 25 hours in New Orleans. It was a pell-mell trip, one of many I have made this summer. I rose in the darkness, kissed my sleeping husband, then my sleeping daughter…
roasted green beans with bagna cauda
Thank you. Sometimes I am reminded again of the goodness of people. These past four days? I’m madly, swoonily in love with people. Humanity? As Lucy likes to say, “You’re pretty cool.” We launched A…