I’m happy to report that, over the last few days, my rotten cold is just about over, my nerve pain (from shingles) discomfort has eased quite a bit (after 4 months), and I have had much more energy in the last few days. I have managed to get some much-…

It’s been ages since I blogged– 2 months, actually.  I have been battling with nerve pain from a case of shingles for about 4 months now.  I haven’t mentioned it because it’s not exactly a pleasant subject. It’s not that I can’t function, bu…

I devised this recipe quite a few years ago, but never got around to sharing it until now.  I grew up in San Francisco, in a district with plenty of Italian grocery stores and delicatessens, as well as a father who was half Italian. Salami and pep…

Truffles in the snowI always make some chocolate truffles for Brian on Valentine’s Day, but I was a bit worried because we are, for all intents and purposes, snowed in, and I had no semisweet chocolate chipsleft in the house, which is what I usual…

My husband requested French toast for Sunday breakfast last weekend (I was out of ideas and asked him what would be a nice change from our usual tofu scramble).  Thinking on it, I decided to go with French Toast and make a simple, very low-sugar b…