For the love of food: Sur La Table cooking class

March 5, 2011
Maybe I've watched one too many episodes of Top Chef or maybe it's my Sicilian heritage, but I love being in the kitchen preparing delicious food. My good friend,...

The scam of haute cuisine

March 4, 2011
I took a cooking class last night at Sur la Table. We prepared a menu of simple, but delicious, foods using interesting ingredients.We made a flatbread with goat cheese,...

child

March 3, 2011
45 rpm spindles Green Stamps Metal Ice cube trays ...

Can’t explain

March 3, 2011
Some things you really can't explain.And yes, this is The Who from a 1965 promotional video.Honest.Wild, no?CAN'T EXPLAIN / THE WHOGot a feeling inside (Can't...

Pretending it’s March

March 3, 2011
It was 89 degrees yesterday and I couldn't help but think about March. Such a good month. It's the month of the spring equinox: winter officially ended this year on...

Shoulds, assumptions & things that don’t concern

March 3, 2011
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.The Dead Pool, 1988 (film) It's true. It's human nature to have an opinion, a position, a point of view.And I...

Martinis & manicures

March 2, 2011
I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, After four, I'm under my host.-Dorothy Parker Back in the day, I had gel nails. Every...

Master of the parting shot

March 1, 2011
One of my writer-friends is a master of dialogue.A few days ago as I was leaving, she staged a final scene worthy of Scarlett O'Hara. She delivered a parting line,...

Mothers and daughters

February 28, 2011

Older people are not plump babies

February 28, 2011
Maybe it's a sign of aging, but in recent years I've been attuned to and offended by the way some younger people infantilize older people.I hear it all the time. ...

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