Dressing
No, it’s not another post about fall fashion, though the recent Balenciaga shirt I saw in this week’s NYT fall fashion “T” magazine (see photo insert) is the ugliest thing […]
Deer: it’s what’s for dinner.
When there’s venison on the menu, I order it, wistfully hoping that a tender hunk of reindeer meat shows up instead, reminding me of that Swedish delicacy (usually served with […]
Living in Paradise
New Year’s Day in Curacao. A lot of smoke and mirrors. Sometimes just smoke (photo by me). With my relocation to the Caribbean two years ago, it’s been difficult explaining […]
Mouth taste and moral taste and other thoughts from Adam Gopnik
Charlie the Tuna, France, the film Hugo, and a salad dressing recipe. All that and then some in my essay about Adam Gopnik’s The Table Comes First.
Family doctors, Maine, environmental pollutants, acronyms, healthcare, and John McPhee
New essay/book review on Bookslut today. Nobody is immune to healthcare woes or the lure of Maine…a brief excerpt below: It’s no secret that the state of health care in […]
The Grass is Always Greener. New review on “Locus Pocus”
My review of Simon Sebag Montefiore’s book Jerusalem: The Biography is now published on Bookslut.com If you are interested in additional resources or have questions about the region, please send me […]
The Three Cs: Carrots, Cumin, and Coriander
I started cooking lunch for some ladies (with paying jobs) on Thursdays and I made one of my standbys, having not much in the fridge that day. I always seem […]
