Hello Friends! In an hour I’ll be heading out for a girls’ weekend with my mom, sisters and sister-in-law. We’ve never done a girls’ weekend before, but we thought it would be a fun thing to do before my middle sister, Laurel, has her baby girl in April. My sister-in-law, Deanna, is flying down from [...]
And now for something a little different: a fun questionnaire from Erica’s blog. Right now I’m: listening… to the Feist station on Pandora. Have you seen Pandora come through the TV? It’s so convenient! watching… Downton Abbey, the current BBC Masterpiece Theater series, playing on Sunday nights at 9PM PST. Complex characterization, gripping storyline and [...]
Today I’d like to share with you three Bay Area excursions Sam and I have taken since Christmas. Point Reyes and Sonoma On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Sam, our friend Rebecca and I took a daytrip to Point Reyes and Sonoma. We braved the chilly wind on the beach at the Point Reyes National [...]
Thank you to California Grown for encouraging me to connect with California growers and encouraging California consumers to “Choose California Grown” when they can. There’s no denying December is a busy month full of parties and celebrations. For Sam and me, the usual Christmas and New Year’s Eve parties are complemented by two other occasions—his [...]
Hello! My name is Andrea, and I’m a freelance writer living in the lovely, hilly city of San Francisco with my husband Sam.
Chocolate Beet Cake
When I received Nigel Slater’s vegetable cookbook Tender for Christmas, I wasn’t expecting to discover dessert recipes within its pages. True, the carrot cake recipe didn’t strike me as unusual, but chocolate beet cake? That sounded a little odd—but also intriguing. For those wary of introducing beets to the dessert hour, breathe easy. The beet flavor [...]