https://cravingsofhome.com/about/2023-08-21T21:09:07+00:00weekly0.6https://cravingsofhome.com/contact/2023-01-09T17:26:56+00:00weekly0.6https://cravingsofhome.com/2018/12/11/sayitnow-my-mother-goose/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_2369.jpgOreneOrene at a restaurant in South Lake Tahoe. Signature bright smile.2018-12-28T16:25:53+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2012/07/13/a-top-chef-goes-slumming/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/harold-dieterle1.jpgharold-dieterlehttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/local-blueberries.jpglocal blueberriesWithout blueberry bushes of my own, I have to rely on the local farmers' market for my buckle supply. These came to Oakland from Alpine Blue Farms in Stockton, California.https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/harold-dieterle_crabbing_newsday_cropped.jpgHarold Dieterle_Crabbing_Newsday_croppedCirca 1988, the cameras of local Long Island paper Newsday caught an 11-year-old Harold Dieterle "crabbing" with his grandfather at a local beach. Photo credit: Newsday Photos/Daniel Goodrich 2018-11-06T23:05:18+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2013/12/24/the-other-side-of-christmas-2/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/image.jpgMom's Christmas Toffee2018-11-06T23:04:45+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2014/08/04/youve-got-heart-gail-jones-in-memoriam-1951-2014-2/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image.jpgimageGail Jones (second from left) was one of several longtime family friends who threw me a bridal shower.2018-11-06T23:03:40+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2015/04/07/a-wish-about-time-for-my-children/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kids.jpgKidsKids and me, Spring 20152018-11-06T23:02:47+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2018/10/12/lifelong-love/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/f6a266d3-2c4f-4e90-9779-5a78b5897abf.jpegF6A266D3-2C4F-4E90-9779-5A78B5897ABFhttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/img_6101.jpgMom and Dad in Carmel, California - Summer of 2018Here are the lovebirds, Dad ever the comedian, wearing my three-year-old son's hat.2018-11-06T23:02:05+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2016/12/02/a-surprising-encounter-with-a-stranger-a-k-a-when-someone-you-dont-know-says-exactly-what-you-need-to-hear/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_9597.jpgBeer bread and eggshttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_9601.jpgcafe moment2016-12-02T23:15:49+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2016/08/18/birthdays-whiskey-joys-of-the-crockpot/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image.jpegimage2023-10-29T19:27:50+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2015/07/02/a-fourth-of-july-post-home-is-wherever-with-you/2015-07-02T21:06:13+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2015/05/13/mom-foods/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/easter-eggs.jpgEaster eggs2015-05-13T05:16:08+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2015/04/29/corn-salad-and-crying-kids/2015-05-05T18:22:29+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2012/05/21/harkening-back-and-no-time-like-the-present/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wedding-mousse-cake2.jpgWedding mousse cakeI still like chocolate mousse so much that it was a filling (along with salted caramel) in my wedding cake in 2010. Photo by Ars Magna/Allana Taranto.https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wedding-mousse-cake1.jpgWedding mousse cakeI still love chocolate mousse so much that it was a filling in my wedding cake in 2010. Photo by Ars Magna/Allana Taranto.https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wedding-mousse-cake.jpgWedding mousse cakeI still love chocolate mousse so much that it was the filling in my wedding cake in 2010. Photo by Ars Magna/Allana Taranto.2015-04-30T17:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2012/06/05/my-husbands-humble-1970s-midwest-beginnings/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/b-with-grandpa.jpgB with grandpahttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ambrosiacomplete.jpgAmbrosiaCompletehttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/coconutmountain.jpgCoconutMountainhttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ambrosiaprep.jpgAmbrosiaPrephttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/baked.jpgBakedhttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/themakings.jpgTheMakings2015-04-30T17:49:27+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2012/06/13/gold-nuggets-in-cookery/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mom_age-5_with-uncle-tom_cropped.jpgMom_age 5_with Uncle Tom_croppedhttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/goldnuggetsincookery_cropped.jpgGoldNuggetsinCookery_croppedhttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mom_21-years_cropped.jpgMom_21 years_croppedMy mother, Roberta Marie (Royce) Smith, at age 212015-04-30T17:48:56+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2012/08/24/happy-birthday-dad/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dad_kid-pic-2.jpgDad_kid pic 2I've always loved this towhead photo of my dark-haired father - his absolutely grumpy expression is so opposite of the fun-loving, jovial man I know today.https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dad_hs-pic_cr.jpgDad_HS pic_crThough I believe this picture of my father was taken in high school, in it he looks a lot like he did when he married my mother. What a slim, trim looker!https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dad_kid-pic_cr.jpgDad_kid pic_crI've always loved this towhead photo of my dark-haired father - his absolutely grumpy expression is so opposite of the fun-loving, jovial man I know today.https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dad_my-wedding.jpgDad_my weddingCheers to you, Dad!2015-04-30T17:47:20+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2012/11/02/cravings-for-two/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/skid-row-stroganoff.jpgSkid Row Stroganoff"Skid Road Stroganoff," from The I Hate to Cook Book by Peg Bracken, 1960https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cooking-favorites-of-oakland.jpgCooking Favorites of Oaklandhttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/i-hate-to-cook-book.jpgThe I Hate to Cook Book2015-04-30T17:45:43+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2012/11/03/from-the-land-of-the-midnight-sun-part-one/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/iceland_meringue.jpgIceland_meringuehttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/iceland_gull-beer.jpgIceland_Gull beerhttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/iceland_gulfoss.jpgIceland_Gulfosshttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/iceland_blue-lagoon.jpgIceland_Blue Lagoonhttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/iceland_bergsson-mathus.jpgIceland_Bergsson Mathushttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/iceland_reykjavik-2am.jpgIceland_Reykjavik 2amOn our walk back from Dill Restaurant after Gislason's incredible meal: Beautiful Reykjavik, showing off its midnight sun, around 2am, June 2012https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/iceland_seljalandsfoss.jpgIceland_SeljalandsfossOne of many famous waterfalls in Iceland (outside of Reykjavik): Seljalandsfosshttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/iceland_pylsa-stand.jpgFamous Reykjavik pylsa standBaejarins Beztu Pylsur, Reykjavik, Iceland2015-04-30T17:45:19+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2012/11/03/from-the-land-of-the-midnight-sun-part-two/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/rabarbari-nc3a6rmynd.jpegRabarbari nærmyndGislason's rhubarb, freshly picked from his own garden just outside Dill Restauranthttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/iceland_dill-restaurant.jpgIceland_Dill RestaurantOpening bite at Dill Restaurant (me in the background): delicate root vegetable crisps, dangling elegantly from a birch branch, awaited us upon being seated for dinner.https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gunnar-mec3b0-afa-hucc81fu.jpgGunnar með Afa húfuAn adorable young Gunnar Karl Gislason, long before he became a chef, at about age fivehttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/iceland_gk-gislason.jpgIceland_GK GislasonChatting with chef Gunnar Karl Gislason at his restaurant, Dill, at about 2am in Reykjavik, June 20122015-04-30T17:44:51+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2012/12/14/shameless-promotion-a-perfect-holiday-gift/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/el-dorado-15.jpgEl Dorado-15El Dorado Kitchen, Sonomahttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/terra-3.jpgTerra-3Terra, St. Helenahttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/scopa-15.jpgScopa-15Ari Rosen, Scopa, Healdsburghttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fornibrownwelsh-1.jpgForniBrownWelsh-1https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fatted-calf-13.jpgFatted Calf-13https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/central-market-44.jpgCentral Market-44https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bouchon-20.jpgBouchon-20Bouchon Bakery, Yountvillehttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/beringer-017.jpgBeringer-017Beringer, St. Helenahttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/auberge-8.jpgAuberge-8Auberge du Soleil, Rutherfordhttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0-7627-7928-4.jpg0-7627-7928-42015-04-30T17:44:21+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2013/06/05/new-reality/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sadie.jpgSadie2023-01-08T20:29:00+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2013/08/14/lets-make-candy-clay-hearts/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/candy-clay-book-e1376509743809.jpgCandy Clay book and Friendship Cake recipehttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pumpkin-pie-cake-e1376509819823.jpgPumpkin pie cakehttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mollie.jpgMollie Gilbert2015-04-30T17:42:59+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2013/08/27/waterproof-mascara-and-reality-tv/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/coh_kevin-and-laura.jpgCOH_Kevin and Laurahttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/coh_kevin_chicago-steakhouse.jpgCOH_Kevin_Chicago steakhousehttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/coh_kevin-and-laura_chicago-bistro.jpgCOH_Kevin and Laura_Chicago bistrohttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/coh_kevin.jpgCOH_Kevin2015-08-16T05:56:33+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.com/2014/02/24/woman-of-the-world/https://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/image5.jpgMonica dad with fishStill not a fan of fish, this early shot documents her disdainhttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/image4.jpgFancy fruithttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/image3.jpgMonica with momMonica with her motherhttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/image2.jpgMonica with Shirley TemplesA masked Monica with her beloved Shirley Temples one New Year's Evehttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/image1.jpgBaby Monica getting her first sip of beer at the beach..."Very European," she sayshttps://cravingsofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/image.jpgMonica and sis, egg cupsMonica and her sister, in fancy hotel room style, with egg cups and hot chocolate2015-04-30T17:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://cravingsofhome.comdaily1.02023-10-29T19:27:50+00:00