The hypocrite cook
For starters, and not of the food kind, let me say that the dish I’m about to describe will not [...]
Water in their blood
Whether they’re living through the best or worst of times, Italians are water drinkers. In a year, they guzzle an [...]
How does your garden grow?
Pests are a gardener's nightmare, but for columnist Suzanne Dunaway, who has learned to get along with the insect world, there is much to marvel at.
Engendering ragù
Bologna women are allegedly famous for two acts, one of which is making ragù.
Love at first bite
It was Valentine's Day not so long ago. I was married on Valentine’s Day. Easy to remember, right? But it [...]
Crumbling resolutions
When I was younger, and perhaps dumber — or simply full of the expectations of youth— I made New Year’s [...]
Recipes for redemption
On my desk is a treasure, my mama’s Recipe Box, earning capital letters because it is priceless. No doubt there [...]
Bold new fork
Tens of thousands of small businesses in communities across the country have suffered mightily under the weight of COVID-19. Many [...]
Four little peppers
I love peppers — at least the red, yellow, and brown peperoni, the Spanish pimientos de Padrón, the hot little [...]
Return to Rome
Che bella cittá. We keep saying this over and over after having been isolated for almost two years in France [...]
Wanted: a glass-half-full world
So here I am, an expat sitting in the Mediterranean sun at a desk in a small seaside town in France, [...]