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When I get up on Friday morning, I know the day will be busy. I am excited because that morning, we are meant to go foraging, have lunch at Timberline lodge near Mt Hood National Forest, after which a visit of a distillery with its fruit orchard is planned. I feel impatient about every piece [...]

Portland’s Farmer’s Market On the third and last day of our stay in Portland, we are promised a visit to the Saturday farmer’s market. I am glowing with excitement. I’ve heard a great deal about the markets of the West Coast, and after seeing Seattle’s and San Francisco’s, I’m impatient to see a new one [...]

La Tartine Gourmande: Recipes for an Inspired Life I have been waiting for this moment for quite a while, and today is a big day for me. I am now holding a cookbook in my hands. My own cookbook. In fact, right now, I have boxes filled with it, ready to be shared. And do [...]

Feature of La Tartine Gourmande inside Where Women Cook Celebrate! Back in summer last year, Jo Packham emailed me to ask whether I’d be willing to be featured inside a book she wanted to design. I liked her right away. I loved her book idea just in the same way. Her book was going to [...]

Millet with steamed spring greens and its lemon vinaigrette recipe Often, things in life seem to happen in a series. Don’t you agree? Good or bad. It’s part of the cycle of life, and it’s funny to observe how it works. For me these days, it’s all about books. Great ones. Like this beautiful crafts [...]

Roasted Root Vegetables Recipe I took these pictures right before it snowed. Yes. Not only a little touch of snow. But enough to cover hills and gardens and roofs and roads and make us imagine we were in the depth of winter. Enough to damage trees and deprive a lot of households from power. It [...]