Loulou remembers
We're on the third floor here in Rome and I think I have vertigo. Mama held me up to the [...]
Hoppin’ Peas
Since I was first given real food, which, in my family, was most around the age of six months, I [...]
Have yourself a low-key little Christmas
Every year I wonder why, just around the end of November, I am not prepared for the doldrums of December [...]
Braingiving
With Turkey Day coming up again, I was perusing my notes on various menus, all including pumpkin of some sort, [...]
The trouble with fast eyes
It’s a long, long while from May to December. By the time Septemper-October rolls around, the days are growing shorter, [...]
Kitty opinions: Sweet sleep
Well, maybe not so sweet for some. Present company excluded, of course. But I've been reading so many articles lately [...]
Blackbirds of May
A shiny, blue-black merle is drinking from our terrace birdbath, throwing back his little orange beak, and enjoying the cool [...]
Food memories
I remember food, or I think I do. Tastes of raspberries in Wales, picked fresh that morning on the farm [...]
Confessions of an opinionated cook
I am a seasoned cook of some odd years, much too numerous to mention here. The cooking saga began at [...]
A Christmas makeover
I was never a “bah humbug” kind of person. I can string colored popcorn along with the best, and carol [...]
November musings
Fall is haunting. The Hesperian depression can grab you before you've had a chance to turn on your lift-your-mood lights [...]
For the love of truffles
Here is a letter I wrote in November of 1986 to Irwin Glusker, who was then art director for "Gourmet [...]