Featured Food: Corn

Corn Salad Ingredients: 4-5 Ears of corn, shucked 1/2 Cup small-diced red onion 3 Tbls apple cider vinegar 3 Tbls olive oil 1/2 Tsp kosher salt 1/2 Tsp freshly ground black pepper 1/2… Continue reading →

Featured Flowers: Water Lilies

Water Lily Revered for centuries as a symbol of peace and beauty, the water lily resembles a lotus in its shape and harmoniously spreading petals which seem to open like the sun.  Its… Continue reading →

Koi Ponds

Koi Ponds Several of the places I’ve lived, including San Francisco, have had Japanese tea gardens, and I have always found a kind of unrushed deliberateness in them.  Everything is precise and orderly,… Continue reading →