Or, Life is not fair. The snow has been falling since early afternoon, and now at 6 pm it is still snowing, only now the snow is wetter and the outside atmosphere dark and cold. I look out my window at the diminished traffic and see a bicyclist in the middle of the road, peddling …
Category Archives: Food
Happy Chinese New Year
Wednesday, the eve of New Year’s Day, was in Chinatown and it was bustling! People buying special cakes and fish and fruits and flowers. The sun was bright, though the air was chill and the wind gusted now and then. But the sunshine added such a festive note to the goings-on. And it seemed indeed …
Kale & Me
Alone on the bus, a few blocks from the final stop, I looked around and also alone in the passage way was a piece of kale. It had fallen out of the Trader Jo’s bag of the disembarking man at the stop from which we had just pulled away from the curb. There was tenderness …
Someone Had to Try It
I often read about making cheese sandwiches in the toaster by turning it on it’s side to keep the cheese in place. It wasn’t exactly a cheese sandwich, but was something that should bake in the oven. In my small space, my oven is used for storage, so the toaster looked attractive. The resulting story …
Talenti
I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you about the best thing in the grocery store freeze section: Talenti Gelato. Happened upon it, wasn’t looking for it, but once you taste ‘Sea Salt Carmel’ life is changed. Each home I visited this summer, bought it for the host and the madness in that method …
Monumental Discovery
When I visit others, in their homes – meaning any place where their guest room is larger than my City apartment, I volunteer to cook. I love cooking and most hosts are only too glad to be relieved of the chore. This weekend, down in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the little church in the hollow …
Clever!
A bike cup holder for your latte/coffee.
Non-Starbucks
How wonderful is this coffee shop on Lafayette Street that serves coffee in these non-institutional cups.
That Game…
where the 3″ square pieces are turned face down on the table top and you have to turn them over, 2 at a time, to find a match? Here’s one for you. This shop is two blocks away from where I live, next to the post office. Do you know where the other one is?
GreenMarkets
Would have used the term Farmer’s Market, but there are 15 of these markets operating throughout the year on the streets of the City. Not every day, some are once or twice a week but I think that speak well for the farmers who are putting them on. And they are located where commuters and …