Posted in Let's Eat, Let's Get Away on Jun 3rd, 2008
For the Country Doctor’s Wife, who requested an eggplant.
Eggplant pretty much looks like eggplant, but the surroundings certainly give it a boost. In Paris, toothpaste looks pretty and Kit Kats have nicer wrappers. Go figure.
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We hosted friends on Saturday night, our first true dinner guests in the new old house. Yes, all you parents, we’ve hosted you, too, with pleasure - but I’m talking appetizers, and wine, and plated desserts and more wine. Dinner guests. I know we had a good time, because I went to bed [...]
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Posted in Let's Eat on May 3rd, 2008
Posted in Let's Eat on Apr 27th, 2008
Strawberries are healthy.
Chocolate - despite every effort to pump its nutritional value - is not.
Strawberries, by themselves, don’t do it for me; out of season, they’re crunchy and flavorless, and at their soft, sweet peak they fall into my mushy fruit category. No can do.
But…put them together?
Now I’m interested.
Most people hold a chocolate-glazed strawberry [...]
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