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2011 Hunger Challenge Day 4: Come to Umami!
I’m taking the San Francisco Food Bank’s Hunger Challenge for the fourth year – trying to feed my husband (the Bottomless Pit) and myself for just $4.72 each per day. In past years, my Hunger...
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2012 Hunger Challenge Day 5: Chickening Out
I’m taking the San Francisco Food Bank’s Hunger Challenge for the fourth year – trying to feed my husband (the Bottomless Pit) and myself for just $4.72 each per day. Today was the day. I’d planned to...
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2011 Hunger Challenge Day 6: Slow Food vs. No Food
I’m taking the San Francisco Food Bank’s Hunger Challenge for the fourth year – trying to feed my husband (the Bottomless Pit) and myself for just $4.72 each per day. Although I applaud much of Slow...
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2011 Hunger Challenge Day 7: Why I Do the Hunger Challenge
I’m taking the San Francisco Food Bank’s Hunger Challenge for the fourth year – trying to feed my husband (the Bottomless Pit) and myself for just $4.72 each per day. The 2011 Hunger Challenge is...
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Winter Fancy Food Show: The 12 Best Foods I Tasted
Porchetta, from Parmacotto, in Italy Bursting with the flavor of herbs and roasted pork, this deli-style porchetta surprised and amazed me. Parmacotto products are sold in Costco stores – though I’ve...
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Casablanca, Morocco: Tagine Dreams
After nearly 30 hours of travel, I was definitely in a dream-like state! A 3-hour layover in New York turned into a 10-hour layover, due to a delayed Royal Air Maroc flight. When I finally got to my...
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Winter Fancy Food Show 2013: Best New Product
Numi's new Savory Teas win my vote for best new product Tea has been around for thousands of years and, yet, the folks at Numi have managed to do a brilliant new thing with it. Meet their Savory Teas,...
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Valentine’s Day – Sweet Memories
Candy from the heart - by Crown Candy Kitchen in St. Louis When I was a kid growing up in the Midwest, Russell Stover was the “swanky” candy. I remember my dad buying big, red, heart-shaped, boxes of...
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Lyon, France: Lyon Bouchons … continued
AFAR magazine recently ran a cover story where I eat my way through the bouchons of Lyon, France. Bouchons are quirky little restaurants serving traditional, home-style Lyonnais cooking. They...
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Inside the Champagne Harvest
Chardonnay Grapes in Champagne, France I’m very proud to announce that my story. “A Certain Sparkle” (AFAR magazine, Nov/Dec, 2012), has just won an award from the American Society of Journalists and...
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