HOME– It’s time for our first official retirement of an issue. Issue No. 1 is hereby declared suitable for virtual fish-wrap. Food blogging turned out to be so much more fun than I imagined when I started this folly in August. And although October was a pathetic two-post month, my absence from the keyboard made [...]
HOME– The Îles Flottantes, or Floating Islands are dreamy balls of billowy meringue whipped up for silver spoons to slip into at the end of a hearty French bistro meal. In the dessert case, these massive snowballs, drizzled with melted caramel, float in baths of liquid custard– golden crème anglaise. As light and fluffy as [...]
LES ÉTATS-UNIS– As the drunken crow flies, we traveled home from France to South Carolina via Michigan and Tennessee. And despite the current financial pandemic, the lack of gasoline at the pumps and the roaring political rodeo, life in the US of A seems fairly resolute. Walking the airport corridors for two days, waiting on [...]
PARIS– Over the years, we’ve checked off all the Paris destination must-sees. We’d memorized our waltz through the Musee D’Orsay- this is where Monet’s La Pie lives, this is where Van Gogh hangs out; we’d done the Pompidou, the Pyramid, the Sacré Coeur, the Champs-Elysées, the Père Lachaise, the Notre Dame, the Latin Quarter, the [...]
PARIS– It’s our fifth day in the celebrated center of civilized life. For centuries, the Parisians have been crafting and refining their language, their style, their joie de vivre and their food. They’ve certainly mastered the art of the meal. Eating in Paris is less pretentious and far more accessible than many yet-to-visit, realize. It’s [...]
EN ROUTE TO PARIS– Our Italian holidays ended with our stay in Venice. After ten days of fresh pasta, pizza, bread, shellfish, olive oil, prosciutto and gelato, we’re off the red sauce and flying high above the snowy alps on our way to our next European culinary adventure–the capitol of gastronomic perfection, Paris. Reflecting on [...]
VENEZIA– Venice in all of its venerable beauty, is breathtaking. Its buildings seem to rise up out of the water where their foundations have been soaking for hundreds, if not thousands of years. The city has a wonderful energy and elegance about it. The locals carry themselves with a self-assured, privileged air of nobility; the [...]
AMALFI COAST– Here’s a final montage of some of my favorite local treats. The Pizza crust was light, thin and delicate, like a slice of savory pastry that melts on your tongue. The pasta, typically homemade, was soaked in rich olive oil and perfectly-salted sauces and it was tossed with fresh ingredients like cherry tomatoes [...]
CAPRI- We went by jet boat to Capri (COP-ri–roll the R). The sun is so powerful here; it reflects off the Mediterranean ocean in an unending pool of azure blue. It’s a quick 25-minute trip over to the island and with the wind whipping your hair and the waves bucking the boat like a wild [...]
ROMA-NAPOLI-SORRENTO-POSITANO– It took over 23 hours to transfer ourselves from South Carolina to the Amalfi Coast. We flew to Newark, where we had a five-hour layover, to Rome, where we caught the treni (train) over to Central Rome, where we caught a third train to Naples, where we caught the Circumvesuvia rail down to Sorrento, [...]
HOME– It was a perfect Sunday afternoon. Jackie (Mom) turned another year young and we celebrated uptown with a wonderful Sunday brunch. Afterward, we returned home for cake and ice cream and a spirited round of political discourse from our very own table of talking heads. I’m not a political pundit, but I do play [...]
HOME– Leaning into new, good-for-you or good-for-the-earth habits is all the rage. You don’t have to give up on plastic, you should just try to grab your reusable bags out of the back seat before you head into the grocery store. And barring your ethical perspective, there’s no need to cut out red meat cold-turkey, [...]
HOME – It took quite a while to bounce back from my recent failed attempt at a food blog. It was like baking your first souffle, taking it out of the oven and watching that glorious gold & white cloud poof into a puddle. My first love, Cooking from the Hip (.com), ended abruptly after I [...]
You are currently browsing the archives for the Issue no. 1 category.
