I’m in the process of moving out of my house of thirty years, which involves, among other things, battling with packing tape that always wants

I grew up going to junk and antique shops with my mother, first in the English countryside where we lived, then in the U.S. As

I just ate the best mussels of my life.  Tiny, plump, juicy, redolent of the sea with an overlay of bay leaf, pepper, and a

I am moving from two places at once.  It’s a saga, an ordinary one you might say.  But moving is never ordinary to the person

I had a class this week, and the blend of flavors, textures, and colors that results from this season was amazing.  There were many reasons

So many emotions come into focus around a birthday, gratitude being the major one.  After all, every year that goes by without a major hiccup

I am in awe of people who document their every waking moment. How do they, I ask myself, muster up the courage, have the energy,

This morning on the radio (France Culture, a French national treasure), I listened to two women debate the various economic proposals from parties running in