My name is Lillie Dignan. I'm a designer and maker, living and working in the Bay Area.
Just coming off of a beautiful long weekend in Mendocino. Day to day, I love being in the city – but boy it feels good to get away. It was a beautiful and full and relaxing weekend. The kitchen was bustling on Thanksgiving (just as it should be on every holiday!). We shared in a great holiday feast, plus lots of delicious meals and pots of strong coffee and sweets and snacks all weekend.
We came home with loads of homegrown and homemade treats: squash, berries, jars of applesauce, more damson plum jam, and two gallons of frozen plums (which we are currently fermenting, more on that soon!).
What are you cooking up for the holidays?
A few more photos are posted on flickr.
What pretty pictures! I whipped up pumpkin gingersnap pies for Thanksgiving and am searching around for holiday cocktail inspiration now. Parties in the Mid-Atlantic before up to New England.
xx
[...] of bread with dinner tonight. Nancy Silverton’s La Brea Bakery Cookbook is our guide. The damson plums from Mendocino are now in secondary fermentation, gurgling in a big one-gallon wine jug. We’re scheduled for [...]