Some Questions Since we moved to Italy, I have received a number of queries about traveling here, longer stays and…
Guilty As Charged As the daughter of a master maker of the Old Fashioned cocktail and a devoted quaffer of…
A Winter Harvest One of the joys of the dreary JanFebs (thank you Liz DiGregorio for this perfect descriptor) in…
Dissension In The Ranks I started following The Real Organic Project shortly after I began writing Kitchen Detail. Phil Barrows…
Ciao Bella I am slowly finding my way to reading serious stuff once again. Bologna was a hotbed of partisan…
Post Christmas Diversions Christmas requires both a fair amount of adrenaline and a firm suspension in belief. If you have…
Michelin Emojis While the RWM is having his trials learning the language of his newly adopted country (he also had…
Buon Natale - French Style lmagine my surprise walking back from a singularly unsuccessful viewing of an exorbitantly priced but…
A Difference In Cultures Among the schisms between the US and EU that don’t seem to be much discussed is…
New Habits And Goals I fancied myself a fairly conscientious environmentalist in my Virginia home. Compost, recycled gift wrap, bottles…