09 Aug Grandma’s Banana Bread
Comfort foods. They evoke images of childhood, of family dinners where there were more arguments than peas, and of Sunday afternoons sitting at Grandma’s kitchen table....
Gastronomic Meditations™
11 Jun Thinking Inside the Box
The first thing I notice is the buzzing of fluorescent lights and the parallel lines of black and chrome shopping carts, like hearses in a funeral home parking lot....
19 May Dating and Dining
Those who have perused my recent articles will know that I recently married a man who is as much a sensualist about food as I am....
17 May Go Meaten
I realize that when I say Go Meaten, you may likely view me as a beer-guzzling cornpone blurting the contrarian position of embracing poor health, and eating meat solely for pleasure’s sake....
01 May Sneaking into the Kitchen
If you listened to my interview with Chef Jean-Louis Gerin on Food Philosophy, you know that he is very much into exploring sensory stimuli and taste memories. I'm very excitable today because he invited me to go behind the kitchen doors for a peek at a very special tasting dinner...
23 Apr The Myth, Magic and Majesty of Lavender
The colorful flowers attract my attention first. The lavender plants in my garden tease me with their showy purple spikes that bloom in early summer....