That was the San Francisco phase…
Moved to Oakland in 1995. Mark and I didn’t entertain much…but here are some examples.
Walnut cake with coffee buttercream. Here, we're in Oakland, with Mark Caldwell, late 90s, perhaps.
Somebody did something...and gerberas were called in...Oakland late 90s - 2000s
I believe this is my only Bûche de Noël. Oakland 2000s.
Sesame Cookies...a mom classic, clipped from the NY Daily News
a tocrhetti pasta
Quaresimali. An amazingly crunchy rusk, a twice baked cookie.
Quaresimali. After baking...I don't have a shot of the finished, sliced, baked product.
Corn, cheese and scallion biscuit.
Rugelach.
Scones with fresh cranberries.
Peach Galette
Moussaka. True, I didn't prep enough custard this time...
German Chocolate Cake...assembled, not done.
Coooookie.
Potstickers, heading to the freezer.
Corn cranberry scones.
Eggplant, rolled with ricotta, tomato-sauced.
Frittata. One of hundreds?
Apple crumb pie.