Leaving McCormick When I stumbled onto the history of Vanilla and the debt that is owed to Edmond Albius, I…
Gelato Concerns One of the things I found to fret about when we moved to Bologna was how serious a…
I am a sucker for farmers markets. When we were first married and rented part of a former stable on…
Ham Histories Since I now reside in one of the reigning ham regions of the world, I have thought about…
A Different Party Wars have unintended consequences, as anyone who reads Heather Cox Richardson obsessively will be able to appreciate.…
Defending The Sandwich Someone very close to me took exception to the anecdote in the opening paragraph of last week’s…
For the life of me, I cannot remember which marvelous food writer (perhaps Waverly Root or Roy Andries De Groot)…
Not Spag Bo My husband's favorite dish to order in a restaurant is Tagliatelle al Ragù. My Bolognese…
Pepper's Best Friend Some time ago, I wrote a post on the different types of peppercorns, which some readers found…
Parting Shots One of my parting wishes last year when we left for Bologna (I had several, a few not…