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…
Snowbound We were swept along on a ski trip (although we chose to walk very mild mountain trails instead) with…
Venom In A Spray The product Roundup and its principal component glyphosate are at the center of so much controversy,…