Maddy and I planted a Peach Tree
The variety is “Hale Haven,” and according our still-benevolent robot overlords: Developed at Michigan State University's South Haven Experimental…
2025
2024
Hawaiian Sweet Rolls
How could these not be amazing when there’s pineapple juice in the dough?
2022
Career Move
The bell rings ding dong / But the wicked witch ain't dead / She's out of my heart / But still in my head / Calling me crazy and dangerous / Saying I…
Pain
Does the onion start crying / When you peel off his skin? / Do the screams of the bell peppers ring / Echoing in the oven as they're cooking? / Does…
2021
A Hello to Arms
I guess it’s just your nature / To treat her not as her own creature / But more like an arm / Cover it up to keep it warm / When it’s cold outside /…
The Three Rules
After two decades / We’re a sorry, suffering lot / Your temper and your rage— / A true despot! / But we found a way to keep the peace / (Still…
Imaginary Monster
You must be scared of it: / The monster you imagined in me / I’m way less scary than these guys ® Disney Corporation / Does it make you crazy? /…
Busted Lap
December 5th, 2021 / The world is wrong today / An Uber driver speaks of his wealth / When he's just one small step / From the corner bums and their…
Once Upon a Hot Tub
Do you know how whored I feel right now? / Frankly I didn’t know the word “whored" could be used in that way / So it threw me off— / Not that I had a…
The Macchiato Conversation
By now haven’t we all had / The macchiato conversation? / You know when you try to order one / At an authentic coffee shop— / Not a Peet’s or a…
I Don't Like My Cat
I don’t like my cat / He sits in my favorite chair / And watches me / He yells at me to get me to play with him / But then he won’t play with me /…
Rescued from Summer Camp
I blink— / Or at least that’s what I thought I did / But when I open my eyes / I realize my car has traveled— / Into a different lane / My heart…
Kalamata's Best for Bread
After trying every olive I could find, I’ve figured out what everyone in bread making already knows: the Kalamata is top dog. Funny I don’t really…
To Return a Wetsuit
I stand a bit hunched over behind my car— / A secondhand 2013 navy blue Tesla Model S / In an empty parking lot / Between two nondescript warehouses…
How to Fall in Love with a Friend
Can I touch your hair? / She asks me / A strange question indeed / We’re standing next to one another / At Ocean Beach / Atop the O'Shaughnessy…
Forgetting Something?
Shit! / What, you ok? / Now I’m feeling bad for startling the Lyft driver / I mean we’re halfway to SFO already / Heading down 101 through the…
El Paseo, 2019-2020
Mill Valley looks like the kind of town / You’d expect to see in a model railroad set / Minus the trains— / Tracks torn up / After a massive fire /…
Brooklyn, c. 1985
They don’t tell you in San Francisco / That East Coast nights don’t cool down in the summer / Not in Augusta / But not in Brooklyn either / I…
Tonight’s craft cocktail
A Rosemary Fashioned: Bulleit Bourbon, house-extracted rosemary syrup, Pechaud's Bitters, rocks, sprig of rosemary garnish
Saturday Dinner
Clockwise from left: au gratin with russets, leeks, jalapeños, cumin, and crumbled paneer; green beans with olive oil, kosher salt, and sautéed…
A Marine's Choice
Anyone who traveled with Mitch Ludwig / Knew about the shrapnel in his ass / It was from Vietnam / A Marine / Two tours / And a Purple Heart / A man…
Cucina Mia has a YouTube Channel
To make it easier to find all my cooking tutorials, I've dropped them into a YouTube channel. / Impossibolognese is my next meatless challenge,…
Giant artichokes, pressure cooked, halved, grilled, then stuffed with cream...
cheese, prosciutto, onions, sweet red peppers and panko, then finished in the broiler #cucinamia #misenmade
The Weight
When you feel the weight of the world / Upon your shoulders / It is an illusion / For you are the world / And the world is you / And it is heavy /…
A Stranger in San Pancho
It’s 3:30am in San Pancho / Our legs are numb from dancing / And the mezcal has got us wondering / If we’re still drunk or starting to get hungover /…
Washing Pennies
Violent thunderstorms would often strike Freeport, GBI. I was four years old, but I can feel them like it was yesterday. Several times a day, mothers…
Curious George
Shortly after George Gascón turned my bicycle accident into the Crime of the Century™, he was run out of San Francisco by BLM activists and Colin…
Once there were parking lots /
Now it's a peaceful oasis
Lizzy's recording again
So happy to help support my favorite modern big band out of Los Angeles: Lizzy & The Triggermen.
As promised, Rigatoni & Impossible Balls!
#impossiblenonna #cucinamia #impossiblefoods #impossibleburger #misenmade #tabasco #instantpot #cuisinart
The Impossible Nonna
I've been troubled by the horrors of industrial beef production for at least a decade, but I've never done anything about it—until NOW. / "The…
Boy, this is complicated
San Francisco once had a corrupt, law-enforcement-simping, pro-crime-porn DA (George Gascón) who BLM ran out of town over the Mario Woods…
For this rum sour, I took the leftover aromatics from yesterday’s stewed...
California prunes (cara cara orange peel, cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamom, and cloves) and soaked them in rum overnight. After straining through…
If the State of California is trying to send me a secret message, let's just...
say I have successfully decoded it.