Month: January 2013

  • Romesco Sauce

    My wife loves this stuff.  This is closely based on Deborah Madison’s version in Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. Romesco Sauce 1 slice bread fried in olive oil 1/2 cup olive oil 1/4 cup sherry vinegar 1/4 cup almonds 1/4 cup hazelnuts 4 cloves garlic 2 Tbs red pepper flakes 1 tsp paprika 4 roma tomatoes…

  • American Southwest Pictures

    American Southwest Pictures

    New pictures of the American Southwest roadtrip — Berkeley, California to Pagosa Springs, Colorado, are now up on xenotropic.net.  This was the first time in years that I’ve taken out my SLR, and it was a fun time and place to take pictures.  The full moon helped to create some eerie effects, particularly at the…

  • A Biased And Incomplete Guide To The Bay Area

    A friend from college, now living in the UK, recently wrote me to ask where to look when considering a move to the San Francisco Bay Area, with these criteria: Good schools in the area (and I know this makes homes much more expensive!), but we won’t rule out private school if we need to…