(recipe for the featured Pizza Cioccolato is at the end of this post.) The turning over of a new year begets a seasonal soul searching. What is my direction? Where are my passions taking me? What…

My mother was many wonderful things, but above all, she was a storyteller and an educator.  She posted large vocabulary words on the kitchen wall for us to saturate in while eating breakfast and…

[caption id="attachment_957" align="alignnone" width="820"] Spiny Urchin © Yvonne Cornell 2012[/caption]   Botanical Inspiration Day #13: Anticipate a surprise; therein lies the secret to…

The season to forage for chestnuts is October through November at Skyline Chestnuts, a gather-your-own orchard in the Santa Cruz Mountains. This 20-acre orchard is blanketed in the morning fog at…