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Book Your Thanksgiving Pies! 3 Nov 2011 | 03:20 am
It's time to think about booking your holiday pies! Yes, the Pie Queen had some successful pie-baking for y'all last year, even working out of that tiny, tiny, freezer-less Oakland studio. This year, ...
What's for Dinner? Bugs! 3 Nov 2011 | 02:47 am
So I helped cook up a very nice Halloween dessert a few days ago, something sure to delight and horrify even the most implacable kid. The recipe? Take one big scoop of ghostly white vanilla ice cream....
Plants of Pleasure, Plants of Pain 27 Sep 2011 | 06:14 am
Perhaps in honor of the Folsom Street Fair, the PQ led this walk on the wild side yesterday as part of the Headlands Center for the Arts' Desire Trails program, a series of 9 different nature walks le...
Up at the Headlands 27 Aug 2011 | 11:43 am
Where has the Pie Queen been? Up in Marin, enjoying the donuts at Donut Alley, cruising the Pink Pearl apples at the Point Reyes Farmers' Market, eating meat at Cochon 555's Heritage Fire (best t-shir...
Turnover Time! 20 May 2011 | 04:40 am
Hello! Well, it's been a busy couple of months, writing & baking, housesitting and more. Today's job: taking over the kitchen of the Oakland Center for Spiritual Living for a few hours. No, I'm not pa...
Wise Sons Pop-Up Deli 29 Mar 2011 | 10:45 am
What you should do this Saturday morning, Jewish division: -Go to shul -Then go to SF's new pop-up deli, Wise Sons. You can read about Wise Sons on KQED's Bay Area Bites column, which I wrote last we...
Wheat-Free Muffins & Other Morning Treats 23 Mar 2011 | 06:09 am
Somewhere inside me, and not really very far in, is a bright & shiny morning caterer waiting to launch. Honestly, I'm not that interested in making salmon pinwheels or chicken satay-on-a-stick. But mu...
Irish Soda Bread, for St. Patrick's Day 18 Mar 2011 | 01:53 am
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here's a recipe I used just yesterday to make some very nice soda bread, based on the "Irish Wholemeal Soda Bread" recipe in Elizabeth David's majestic tome, English Bread and...
scones! 1 Mar 2011 | 08:20 am
Brrr! It was chilly out there, but the sunshine was bright and the Great San Francisco Snowstorm of 2011 did not materialize, so PQ did not have to bolster everyone with hot toddies to get through her...
Cooking Demo Today with PQ! 27 Feb 2011 | 03:44 am
Brrr! Yes, it's chilly out, but that infamous SF snowstorm didn't hit, so you have no excuse not to pull on your woolly socks and hat and come down to the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market (1 Market St., SF...
