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Maine
My recent visit to Maine was a patchwork of memories and a blossoming of experiences to add to them. I moved there two minutes before my son was born, nearly…
Annagassan
Ireland – Trad Music, Brown Bread, and the 99
Begorrah. Slainte. Shite. That’s about the sum of my Irish vocabulary, which I learned after spending a short week in the Ancient East coastal area of rolling green hills, gently…
Poached Eggs
What is more wonderful than a poached egg? Many things, perhaps, but not when you've been traveling, or you're in a hurry, or your child has a performance and you've…
The Best Summer Snack
This is the best summer snack ever, one I discovered a million years ago on a Tuscan farm, and am revisiting in a Tuscan village. It's so easy. Take the…
For a perfect cheese tray, go raw milk and as local as possible. Go creamy to harder, and end with gentle, salty softness, like a Roquefort. Four or five cheeses is plenty - more becomes confusing.
Cutting into Cheese
I see it all the time. The cheese tray arrives and everyone around the table is in awe. The awe stems from the shape and variety of the cheeses, their aromas…
Crisp Chicken with Cilantro Oil
A Taste of Asheville October 1 – 3
Step Right Up!!! You don't want to miss the Asheville Class where for three days we cook, we learn, we laugh and we get out into the countryside to see…
Filling and rolling grape leaves (with rice and beef), Hidirbey Village
Tasty Turkey – Visions of Hatay
Thanks to a wonderful event called Mediterranean Culinary Days (admirably organized by Adnan Sahin, the president of the Anatolian Folk Cuisine Association), I spent three days in Antakya (Antioch), a city in…
At my local épicerie fine, Maison Clet
Create a Cheese Tray for Easter
The cheese course is one of the crowning glories of French cuisine. It arrives at the end of the meal, before dessert, because cheese contains enzymes that help with digestion. …
Coddled egg
Restaurant L’Itineraire and its Vegetables
The rain has been unbelievable. Paris was submerged the other night, enveloped in a steady drizzle that penetrated everything, including my raincoat, as I walked down Boulevard St. Germain on…
Simple farm lunch of cheeses, salted kajmak, tomatoes and elderflower cordial
Gathering Recipes outside Sarajevo
By 9:30 a.m. the heat is already roiling up from the blacktop in Sarajevo, making our planned day in the hills above the city sound like a perfect idea. …
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