Things have been a bit crazy, and, unfortunately, here we are again/still – back to virtual travel. Several years ago, I found myself in Milan for work just a few weeks before Christmas. My hotel was within a couple blocks of the Duomo, so there were opportunities to take pictures at various times of day. […]

This post is mostly an excuse to post pictures from an incredible trip to Kenya a few years ago. The title is “East Africa” because, although the actual travel photos are from Kenya, the food picture is Ethiopian, and I cooked with my favorite wooden spoon that a friend brought to me from Tanzania. Let’s […]

Picture, if you will, five Americans, the oldest 21 years old, driving the cheapest possible rental car through the Loire Valley in an era before GPS. Then imagine that only one of those five Americans – that would have been me – could drive a stick. It was an adventure. Despite the lack of digital […]

If you’ve ever thought that you’d like to throw a yearly party on a day that doesn’t conflict with major holidays, the first Saturday of May is pretty much a perfect choice. To start, there’s a built in theme that comes with an official drink and flower. And there’s just the right amount of entertainment […]

Everyone needs a go-to basic meat sauce for pasta. This is mine. Unlike most of my Italian recipes I cannot assign this to a particular region, unless we want to call it Brooklyn ragu.

The first time I visited Rome it was 1991, we were on a serious budget, and it was during my vegetarian phase. If you’ve looked at any other posts here, it’s pretty clear that I’m no longer a vegetarian, but even then I was focused on food. When I started thinking about creating this blog, […]