Dining alone
During one summer in the 80s I had a week’s vacation from my job selling shoes at Marshall Field’s, and after considering places…
Read MoreDuring one summer in the 80s I had a week’s vacation from my job selling shoes at Marshall Field’s, and after considering places…
Read MoreI never liked soup, and in my thirties I made it my mission to find out why. What was it about soup? What…
Read MoreOn December 23, 1989 Mama and I had dinner at Chasen’s in Beverly Hills. It doesn’t exist anymore but was quite the Hollywood…
Read MoreIf you know me you might know that I own 200 Sinatra records. You might know that during high school I bought a…
Read MoreIt is a natural condition among food-eating people that their preferences regarding food will vary. The spectrum of taste is infinite. In my…
Read MoreFood really gets me going. I enjoy eating it, cooking it, planning ways I will cook it, shopping for things I need to…
Read MoreLast year I felt obliged to share at least one criticism of the French, considering how much I wax lyrical about them and…
Read MoreWhen I attended culinary school in the 1990s the Food Network was still somewhat new and star chefs were just beginning to proliferate…
Read MoreIt doesn’t require much prompting for me to wax lyrical about Julia Child and her strong influence on my deep interest in cooking….
Read MoreAlmost six months ago I celebrated my birthday by cutting up the carcass of a lamb. That might not be everybody’s idea of…
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