April in Paris
Apologies for the sporadic posting this week. I’m in Paris, where I’m deeply involved in a project I’ll call The Continuous Consumption of Carbohydrates. It’s very hard to write when you’re surrounded...
View ArticleFriday Food Writers: A.J. Liebling
I’m back in Berlin, but in keeping with my week’s travels, I thought it was the perfect time to induct the legendary A.J. Liebling into my Friday food writers pantheon. Born in New York in 1904,...
View ArticleFriday Food Writers: Elizabeth David
British cookbook author Elizabeth David, who died in 1922, is widely credited not only with a beautiful prose style (even her recipes read like little essays rather than lists) but also with...
View ArticleDutch treat
Thursday and Friday of last week were holidays here in Germany. The Cheese-Hater was off from school, and though we swore a few weeks back that we’d stop traveling constantly and just enjoy the...
View ArticleFriday Food Writers: Frank O'Hara
Many apologies for the lack of posting lately. We’re preparing to leave Berlin and there are many logistics involving the packing of books and Legos and the eating of much salami and sausage before we...
View ArticleHome Sweet Home
I am alive! And back in Brooklyn! It’s been weeks since I posted, and in that time we left Berlin, made a pit stop in England, and then crossed the ocean on the Queen Mary 2, which was quite an...
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