karen's blog

Care to review my book?

karen — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:47:52 -0800

If you'd like to consider a future review of my cook book, out in the spring, drop me an email - ks at ksolomon.com.

The year in winding down work-wise, but the wheels of publicity are in gear. Looks like I'll be at the Ferry Bldg. in the fall, with other gigs in the works. Keep ya posted...

I'm a Food Crush!

karen — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:27:25 -0800

Most writers toil away in utter obscurity, the sole, lonely individual alone at the keyboard, stepping up to the microphone of life and asking, "Testing, testing, is this thing on?"

And every once in a while, we're handed a lovely springtime bouquet from the blogosphere. Some kind fellows over at Bay Area Food Blog were kind enough to call me their Food Crush of the Month. Here's what they had to say:

Cookbook Update

karen — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:17:11 -0800

I'm finally blogging about moi again after a year's worth of technical difficulties. I simply refuse to call this an end-of-the-year-wrap-up because that is just so annoyingly tacky. However, here's what I've been working on of late, and it just happens to be nearing the end of the year.

My cookbook with Ten Speed Press will indeed be out in June of '09. Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It And Other Cooking Projects: Make Your Own Bacon, Cheese, Marshmallows, and More is a collection of project-based cookery for the kitchen crafter and food enthusiast. You WILL make sausage, cheese, crackers, booze, render your own lard, churn your own butter, etc., all from the comfort of your cramped urban kitchen, with the fewest tools possible. I'm reviewing page proofs now and it is simultaneously thrilling and terrifying. Oh, and the photos by Jennifer Martine are simply stunning.

Drumroll, please....

karen — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:00:54 -0800

YOU! Yeah, you. I'm thrilled to announce that I have just sold my first cookbook -

DIY Kitchen: 25 Edible Crafts for the Weekend Warrior
Make - Don’t Buy - Olives, Ketchup, Cheese, Salumi, Crackers, Dressings, and More

To Ten Speed Press who, so far, is awesome. Should I send out a birth announcement or something? I'm very excited about this. More to come as this develops.

Writers are lazy - but prolific

karen — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:56:48 -0800

It's true. We are. Just ask any of them. And to celebrate my laziness, I'm going to post several month's worth of what I've been working on below.

I have two upcoming stories in the Feb. ish of San Francisco Magazine - one a travel piece on totally interesting Sonora, and one profile of Yelp that is sure to garner me a one-star review by their devoted audience of regular site users.

CheapBastardSF.com

karen — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:32:22 -0800

Naughty, naughty me. I have completely forgotten to introduce you to my new mistress - CheapBastardSF.com. Yup, you guessed it. This baby gives updates and supplmental info on the greatest guide book for penny-pinching in San Francisco. Read it, learn, or school me.

The Kid-Haters Go Wild...

karen — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:01:39 -0700

So, I wrote this story recently for the Chron'sFood section on play cafes. It doesn't really have much to do with me or the piece that I wrote, but the paper's readers started a holy blog war about taking children to restaurant both here (on the comments page below the story online) and on the Chron's parenting blog, The Poop. I had no idea this was such a hot button issue. I feel honored to have been the catalyst in such a fervent debate. Meow! Let the battle of the breeders versus the non-breeders rage on...

My book is out!

karen — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:34:40 -0700

Can you smell the scorch of the presses? The Cheap Bastard's Guide to San Francisco is out and about and demanding your attention. It's the tightwad's city guide that all the movie stars are talking about! Check it out and give me your honest - as long as it's positive - opinion. PS: Please buy 742 copies.

Another Chronicle Datebook story...

karen — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:56:28 -0700

..This time on The Ditty Bops - a cute and green girl band.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/07/31/DDA1R9PQR1.DTL&type=printable

August's Pregnancy

karen — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:04:28 -0700

Nope, not my uterus....just the magazine.

This month's ish has a story I wrote on making your own baby food. In addition, Emmett and I are featured on the Contributor's page - though in truth he did very little of the writing.