The implications of Americans devoting their lives to fast food are more profound than the fact that our kids aren't eating well. There are real repercussions that we need to know about and think abou...
You'll find that historical research is extremely soothing. When you spend all day among old papers, the people come alive for you, and you begin to see the present through different eyes. You'll see....
A thousand years ago the Chinese had an entirely codified kitchen while the French were still gnawing on bones. Chopsticks have been around since the fourth century B.C. Forks didn't show up in Englan...
Lacy little green fronds waved up through clear liquid; it reminded me of a forest stream in early spring, just after the ice has melted. I picked up a frond, and as I put it in my mouth, I experience...
Don't you just love the idea of cooking flowers? I imagine them bursting into bloom, right in the pan.
The way we live is changing. Each year, our free time shrinks a little more as computers clamor for an increasing percentage of our attention.
Let's face it: my life tends to revolve around food, and I love feeding people.
I decided that it wasn’t pretty that I felt, but confident.
If you go back in American history, oysters were the food of poor people. New York was filled with oyster saloons in the 1800s.
That's what I like so much about libraries, they smell the way we would like to imagine the past.
That's the most terrible thing about being a child; you're convinced that it's all your fault. Lulu
...it was so rich and exotic I was seduced into taking one bite and then another as I tried to chase the flavors back to their source.
Growing up, I was utterly oblivious to the fact that Mom was teaching me all that. But I was instantly aware of her final lesson, which was hidden in her notes and leters. As I read them I began to un...
...I was not prepared for the feel of the noodles in my mouth, or the purity of the taste. I had been in Japan for almost a month, but I had never experiences anything like this. The noodles quivered...
When a person has lived generously and fought fiercely, she deserves more than sadness at the end.
That's what I like so much about old libraries - they smell the way we'd like to imagine the past.
I wonder if any of us ever really knows another person? she replied, sounding wistful.
I am telling you that if things can change for the worse, the opposite is also true. But only if you open yourself to the possibilities.
Were unaware that the room was crowded with ghosts who were about to propel us into the present and force us to face the future.
The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things.