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Where life leads
Last year at this time I was writing to my nephew. He was an exchange student living in New York. Now he’s in another state, in his first year of College, the youngest, tallest, thinnest and most...
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Dating in the dark
Dating in the Dark When I moved to Europe I had romantic ideas of love waiting to be discovered amidst the land of poets, classical musicians and thinkers of Germany. On a wild streak, I had an...
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Allure
Last time I ended my post with dining in Europe. Today I thought I’d share one of the places I love most in Paris. In fact in 2010, when we had a delay in Paris, I convinced my husband to leave the...
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Bittersweet
One might wonder at the wisdom of undertaking a batch of homemade jam on a ninety-degree day. But I have begun to think about it this way: when people actually canned fresh food to get through the...
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Laden with Sweetness
I’m going to share a story with you today. It took place while I was grocery shopping, as I was about to leave the produce section. To one side of produce is the bakery and deli of the supermarket....
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Simple Pleasures
Having a lemon tree I can’t help but think about France, and there are a few American things (I have to use my imagination) that can put me at a sidewalk café, mid-afternoon, for a pause and some...
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Heaven to taste
This week, why not indulge in the simplest, inexpensive French experience available: crème Chantilly, and turn a carton of whipping cream into a culinary delight that is beautiful to look at and...
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Say Da to Luxury
Ordinarily, I don’t talk about food, except for when my stomach is growling. And despite my almost vegetarian diet, I still consume fish every now and then. Today on a research hunt I found something...
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Passion for Eating
The new memoir is out, “32 Yolks” by Eric Ripert. I heard his interview on NPR and tonight got to see him in person. He was interviewed by Los Angeles Times food critic and Pulitzer Prize winner...
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Tried n’ Tasted, a big hit
When I was seven, the first time I boarded a plane I was in route to San Francisco with my mother. It was during Easter break. In those days food was not accessible everywhere as it is today. People...
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A Taste of Honey
The word “foodie” has become a part of our culture and is an excuse to overindulge, but then again I eat to live not live to eat. I remember once at a Holiday party a man I was sitting next to told me...
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Sustenance: A Relationship Worth Having
Today I thought I’d talk about something we all take for granted: Food. Those who know me comment that I eat healthily. That’s usually because they don’t. True healthy eating would be to consume only...
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