Recipes

A embarrassingly large element of deciding to start my own business was my desire to not get out of bed in the morning. I love that I have leisurely mornings right now, reading the news and watching Colbert clips, with coffee before going to work in the home office. I come from a long line…

Our Victorian apartment in San Francisco looks adorable all decorated for the holidays but our drafty bay windows and high ceilings make it impossible to stay warm. On a cold winter day working from home, Rob and I are bundled up in layers and drinking tea constantly. For lunch in December, it feels like something…

It’s finally cooling off a bit here in California. On Monday, we had our biggest rainstorm in years. The stormy day made me so appreciative to be working from home, and craving a carb-heavy lunch in a bad way. This mushroom pasta is a recipe I’ve been making and adapting for years. Mushrooms are meaty…

A good work from home lunch for me is made with fresh produce, in less than 10 minutes and easy to eat with one hand – so you can keep typing with the other! This panzanella-style tomato salad starts with the same prep I use for bruschetta but instead of topping slices of bread with…

It has been 8 months since I decided to officially start my own company, Uncommon Bold. There are times when it is really difficult (accounting, permits, taxes, everything having to do with numbers and paperwork) and times when it is so, so great (most of the rest). I enjoy the work I do helping startups with their brand…

Beets, maybe only second to kale in the delivered of undeserved dietary smugness (especially when, as I usually do, they are combined with butter and cheese). The dark red color, the earthy flavor, just one bite of a beet brings on a feeling of virtue. Usually, I use beets in a citrus salad with blue cheese and a…

Rob has become largely vegetarian since we returned from our European trip…that, and he’d also like to open a “saucisson sec” import business to bring over the delicious French dry sausage we ate nearly everyday. Maybe France and Spain spoiled him for delicious meats and nothing can compare? More realistically, it’s just a healthy, good…

Life seems to be finally returning to normal now that we’ve been back home for three weeks from Europe. I’ve been going to farmer’s market, even threw my first dinner party. Last week, I was invited out to a friend’s for a screening party for Miss Represented and used a surplus of ripe blackberries to make bit sized…

Guys…you know what’s not the greatest idea I’ve ever had? Starting a business and preparing to go abroad for seven weeks at the same time. It has been absolutely madness here – with non-stop trips to City Hall, client meetings, the drugstore, the bank (it seems like every single day) and paperwork (all the paperwork)…

My friend Sarah has a wonderfully odd, historic sense of humor. For example, one of her favorite weekend activities is a “consumption day” where you sit out in the cold on a deck chair wrapped in blankets, reading and drinking bloody marys. She’s the best, obviously, and great things happen when her whimsy is combined…