Let one open any book of history, from Herodotus to our own days, and he will see that, without even excepting conspiracies, not a single great event has occurred which has not been conceived, prepared, and carried out at a feast.Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste, 1825...
I don't normally enjoy cookbooks. Though some cooks approach them with fervor, like reading a novel, I typically find them too steeped in mediocrity to really capture me....
At long last, I have been the inspiration for a restaurant menu item -- and in exactly the way that suits my personality.I was spending some time in the kitchen with my friends at Park Place Restaurant in Goshen, NY, and in a moment of purely sick humor, I suggested...
A funny thing happened during spring cleaning. There I was, down in the wine cellar, trying to figure out how to organize things for the new magazine format....
There is nothing quite like hearing the first bird of spring. That sweet little chirp means the snow is gone, and soon the blossoms will rear their pretty heads to greet us with the colors of a new season. At last....
A drink popular in Eastern Africa, cardamom tea delivers the pure delight of cardamom without the infusion of other spice blends....