Anna's Cool Finds

Ride Home. Colin and I left Rancho Mirage around 9:30 a.m., and with a couple stops on the way, arrived in Japantown, San Franicsco around...

The Living Desert. After driving all day yesterday to arrive at Erika's new place in Rancho Mirage, I watched Colin & Collette whil...

Wolf House. Dad and I met Linda and Miss Olivia at the Wolf House for lunch. Feeling like having lighter fare, we all had sandwiches. D...

Father's Day. Celebrating Father's Day at one of Dad's favorite restaurants, Wolf House , in Glen Ellen. Found a great new Mari...

Fresh tisane. Having recently discovered that this blog is listed on the Marin Food Blogs reference on Becks & Posh (one of only 4), I ...

Toran's 7th Birthday Party. Oops. I forgot my camera in the quickly leaving the house to pick up ice on the way... however, imagine a ...

An eye-opening drink. Having picked a BIG package Ginger/Honey Crystals tea up at 99 Ranch yesterday, I tried a cup for breakfast, and woke...

A full day. Up at the crack of dawn, I organized my mission & vision materials as well as organized the Marin Entrepreuneurs Group's...

Yosemite , originally uploaded by me ! My week in Yosemite! The photos paint the best picture, but Linda and I packed a lot in our week...

Table shot , originally uploaded by me ! Another Wonderful Supper Club - Persian Style. I created a Flickr account to capture all the f...

Cooking quotes: "Good food has a magic appeal. You may grow old, even ugly, but if you are a good cook, people will always find the pa...

The ashe-paz (soup preparer) reveals her secrets (well, the recipe was from a dear friend, Linda) for the Ash e-jow (barley soup) being pr...

Week of business pursuits, mixed with pleasure, of course. Spending time in classes for budding entrepreneurs and meeting with potential b...

Happy Endings for Dad. Was wonderful to see Dad looking so perky having all good news about his cancer remission. He packed up and I took...

Sunday at the Napa Valley Symphony. Yalda treated us with tickets to the symphony today, and it was lovely. Linda, Jan & I enjoyed the...

Sakura on Saturday. It is Cherry Blossom Festival time again in Japantown, and the 100th anniversary of Japantown. Linda, Michael & ...

An unusual recipe from the World Museum, Liverpool. Honeypot Ants Ingredients 1 bowlful of honeypot ants Melophorus bagoti Pr...

And you thought loofahs were just for bathing. LOOFAH AND CHICKEN STIR-FRY Active time: 30 min Start to finish: 35 min 1/2 lb skin...

Google cooking. Found a new an interesting service on Google this morning -- a place to search recipes in specific! It's part of Goo...

Easter at Anna's. There was an Easter celebration and dinner at my place. Dad, Linda, Yalda, Olivia, Jonathon, Jo-Ann, Toran & Aur...