Served in the midst of a menacing forest, this looked like a savage rip and run found moldering amongst the leaves. It was, instead, the first course of nine served Saturday… Continue reading »

My apologies for wandering off lo these many months, but I’m back now and all yours. I’ve got a new book, Compromise Cake: Lessons Learned From My Mother’s Recipe Box … Continue reading »

I know, it’s been like a hundred years since my last post. Well, as promised, I’m back and it’s only because I did finish my second book, Compromise Cake: Lessons… Continue reading »

Last night at the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program Instructors’ Reading at the Skirball Center, I read a version of my Southern California Seasons piece (yes, we do have them, but… Continue reading »

The Junk Mail Project and I, having survived yet another Hellbent Holiday season, stand before the New Year, look it square in the face and tell it to move along… Continue reading »

I’m off to San Francisco this weekend to read from Entertaining Disasters at Litquake as part of the Lit Crawl in the Mission District Saturday night, October 17. I will… Continue reading »

Geez, did you see that launch week for Entertaining Disasters: A Novel (with Recipes) and its aftermath? Wasn’t that opera cake and lemon pound cake that Europane’s Sumi Chang made… Continue reading »

INSTALLATIONS:Reverse Trash Streams: The Junk Mail ProjectL.A. Contemporary Gallery November 9-24, 2007 Her name is Zhang Yin, she’s worth more money than Oprah Winfrey and she wants your junk mail!… Continue reading »