Picnicking at 40,000 feet
Let's face it. There’s not a whole lot to do on an airplane. The air is thin, the sound is [...]
Bread, bread, and bread
Such a bread craze we’re in! Yeast breads do not have to take all day. The secret of just about [...]
I remember mamma
I cannot make a salad without thinking of a dear friend no longer with us, Tom Aidala, a wild Sicilian [...]
Garden grumbles
When I opened my kitchen door to the afternoon sun (which seems to be fairly permanent now), I was greeted [...]
Stocking up
One day my husband asked me to save my old pantyhose for him. "Any particular reason?" I smiled innocently, remembering [...]
Viareggio remembered
Memory grabbed hold of me today, taking me back to a quiet Italian seaside town in the ‘60s – Viareggio. [...]
The vegan days
In the summer, we have the whole family. Stepkids, friends of the stepkids, the new wife of the step-grandson, the [...]
How to botch a mango
Mangoes rock, especially at this time of year. I live in a place where there is a store called Picard, [...]
Love in the Isle of Capri
We were walking in Capri, in the wilds of the island, when the inevitable smells of lunch, along with fragrant [...]
Spark plugs
My cat writes a blog. She does pretty well — for a cat. Sometimes she slips a bit too far [...]
Roma revisited
So here we are, springtime in Rome after having abandoned my fifteen newly-planted San Marzano tomatoes, a row of fresh [...]