My dinosaur

Earlier today, I found myself prostrate with guilt when I realized that, as a child, I had chosen a favorite dinosaur not because…

Geographic voices

I would be hard pressed to say which narrator of National Geographic television specials was the best. It is therefore fortunate that no…

Do you remember the enchanted April when you found love on a hillside outside Bologna? You do? Meraviglioso! Come to Cucina Clayarini and…

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Crowds of people are not my idea of a good time. I like my space and I don’t like noise. Crowds of drunk…

Hollywood Park, Texas, teemed with children in the early 1970s but my playtime involved only a handful of them. Beverly and Suzie, who…

There are people who go gaga for sandwiches. You don’t have to look very far to find folks who live for grilled cheese…

I am not much for competition in any form or forum, but in the kitchen it appeals to me even less. The proper…

When I mentioned to Calvin yesterday that I intended to do something for tonight’s dinner with some Cornish hens I knew were in…

My friend Rob, whose sharp eye and opinion I respect, put something on Facebook the other day about the kitchens of someone called…