R.W. Apple writes about John Rowley in The Oyster Is His World, and reading it, for a moment, I wished it was mine too. John Rowley has made a career and a calling of advocating for and raving about oysters, … Continue reading
I really look forward to a trip to Affordable Europe. I hope these links will still work when we’re doing our planning. I hope the price of jet fuel doesn’t keep going up. I hope Delta will still honor frequent … Continue reading
... and others have gardening thrust upon them. Ellen had grown some herbs for a few years outside the back deck, and last year wanted to plant sunflowers across the back of the yard. And I thought I’d grow a … Continue reading
As promised yesterday, Argentina On Two Steaks A Day, from painter and programmer Maciej Ceglowski’s Idle Words blog (“brevity is for the weak”), via Making Light, one of the net’s uberblogs. I’ll use the same pull-quote they did, which opens … Continue reading
Lawn rhymes with yawn. I love the look of a nice expanse of trimmed green, but I also love even more the look of a field full of wildflowers or tall grass, and I love most having anything else to … Continue reading
I love this kind of article. Matt and Ted Lee explain how and why to roast entire bone-in legs of lamb, untrimmed beef brisket, whole fresh hams. I love well roasted meat. My family has historically roasted whole bone-in legs … Continue reading