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Roadside Harvest: Onions
.media {display:none;} It’s Monday, and I’m out of words. Just…appreciative. And excited to see all of the valley’s roadside stands open for business.
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That time we ate a cow’s head
Last Thursday I get a message from my favorite coffee roaster: “Yo dude…smoked cabeza at keiths box car, this sat 8pm.” Hmm, I’m apprehensive. A whole cow’s head? But I trust Leo; he’s an adventurous...
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Foraged: Mulberries
This early summer is messing with the berries. I mean, we were picking mulberries in mid-June last year; this year, we’re we’re almost a month ahead of schedule. Guess that means it’s time for a little...
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Southern Comfort: Crawfish Étouffée (with a recipe for crawfish stock)
Warning: if this post feels a bit disjointed, it’s because I started writing it almost a month ago. The leftovers are long gone, but the thoughts, and the sense of comfort, remain. — I’ve often joked...
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Of backyards and summer gatherings:
Another crawfish post? Yep—but this one’s more about the excuse to eat them. See, each year about this time, I start day dreaming about crawfish boils. They were common throughout my childhood in...
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Goodbye, Fresno.
It’s lunchtime. I’m hungover. And I’m in the backseat of a Bay-bound car, listening to a road mix that includes Ke$sha and Elton John. This is how my journey begins. Rather, that’s how it began—that...
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Family time!
I’m back in the South. It feels good to be here. I mean, it’s humid, and I’m freaking out over the lack of reception (or internet), but the people here are always welcoming, and the scenery is...
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Family: Mom
I’m going to start profiling a few of the people I visit with on my trip—some family, some friends, and some, complete strangers. This is my mom–you can call her Jane. The lake in the background is...
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“Dolphins are [one of] the only other species that have sex for pleasure.” That’s what I learned from Jane, who greeted a friend and me with a warm, ”What’s up, bitches?!” She then spent a few minutes...
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