We have been busy this summer, attending the NY International Fancy Food Show and International Gift Fair! Each time I would pick up Jill and Tammy (before sunrise!) for our NY Trips, it would be like “Trains, Planes, and Automobiles”; even though we never even got on a plane. I am just thankful that Tammy… Read More >
I counted nine different apple varieties at a nearby greengrocer today. Sunday it took me 30 minutes to travel three blocks because I got caught up in Apple Festival traffic! And, purely randomly, when I asked my friend Jim to send a photo of his daughter so I could see her all grown up, he… Read More >
I love food in the movies. I’m not talking about my own consumption — popcorn or Junior Mints or Dots — but the vicarious pleasure of watching as actors enjoy their food on the big screen. For the viewer, movie meals can be a deliciously, beautiful experience. I like a good movie romance as well… Read More >
since What is gourmet? When I was young and married (a poor graduate student), I had a dinner party and served a five-can casserole. This dish involved cream of mushroom soup, fried canned noodles, and canned chicken. The result wasn’t very good. Today, the thought of “canned chicken” makes me cringe.
When your dinner guest(s) is a vegetarian: I like meat. I like baby-back ribs with BBQ sauce and medium-rare crispy-coated rack of lamb and rib-eye steaks. I loved my mom’s pot roast and my grandmother’s roast chicken with the meat falling off the bones. Today, many people are vegetarian. This dismays my husband and me,… Read More >
