Sweet Leo o' Mine
  • Process > Perfection

    Process > Perfection

    Over the last month, I embarked upon an allergen free baking course with recipe developer Jeffrey Larsen, James Beard-award winning author of Gluten-Free Baking at Home. He let us in on a little secret – surprise, the class was really a guise for sharpening our recipe development skills. The challenge was issued that to become […]

    sweetleoomine

    October 1, 2020
    Uncategorized
    cookie, perfection, recipe development
  • Not Races

    Not Races

    One of the senior members of my running club had a birthday this last week. She and her husband are both in their nineties, pillars of the club and the 1970s golden era of running. Notably, this also would have been a time when women were less visible on the racing circuit. Years ago, I […]

    sweetleoomine

    September 17, 2020
    Uncategorized
    food media, millennials, running
  • River

    River

    A photo-poem California You escape your current Corona By escaping to summits To sands To some impossibly becoming body of water California You’re always at edge Of winds shifting Upon refresh and refresh Again PurpleAir California Do you remember the days Of earthquakes and El Niño? When haze was not temperature Smoke not forecast California […]

    sweetleoomine

    September 11, 2020
    Uncategorized
    american river, poem, water
  • Til the Next Aid Station

    Til the Next Aid Station

    This is Day 175 of the quarantine. It seems as if my shell has just started to crack. Otherwise, I’ve been clumsily finding a way in it. A qua-run-routine. Running has been a balm of steadiness for me for the last 19 years. A method to the madness, they say, emphasis on madness. Perhaps if […]

    sweetleoomine

    September 4, 2020
    Uncategorized
    aid station, not food, quarantine, ultra running
  • Summer Squash for Whatever and Ever

    Summer Squash for Whatever and Ever

    I came upon a windfall of summer squash (yay, kitchen inventory surplus). By windfall, I mean like 15 pounds worth (see last photo). Ten pounds worth were portioned for the freezer into one cup shredded patties (second photo). A few ounces worth were simmered in a simple syrup and dried for candied squash (first photo). […]

    sweetleoomine

    January 15, 2020
    Uncategorized
    featured, summer squash, zucchini
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