28 Jan Food of the Gods
It’s hard to deny the far-reaching popularity of chocolate as a sweet treat in just about every nation. ...
Food Writing
21 Jan Caviar: The Strange History and Uncertain Future…
Having recently finished Caviar: The Strange History and Uncertain Future of the World's Most Coveted Delicacy, I am left with a peculiar sense that my knowledge of caviar is vastly out of proportion with my experience of it....
12 Jan French Lessons
This tale of gustatory delight begins when a young man from England, in France on business, has the pleasure of losing his “gastronomic virginity” at a restaurant in Paris....
01 Jan Christmas Cocoa
Cradling a steaming mug in my hands and stifling a yawn, I surveyed the pile of presents underneath the tree. “Mom,” I asked with concern, “you put in two packets instead of one, right?”...
21 Dec You Could Eat Off This Floor
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Only I would be masochistic enough to lay a new kitchen floor in my mother's house four days before Christmas, but it simply had to be done. So now my back, butt, and legs hurt, but by god it's finished and ready for my kitchen clogs. I hope tomorrow's pain does...
18 Dec Endangered Pleasures
What a magnificent treatise this poetic writer has given us: Do not let go of your earthly pleasures, as they are the very things that make you alive....