Umbria
I’m working on a menu for a week in Umbria for 21 people. One gluten free, one with allergies to oranges, tree nuts and watermelon, one vegan, two pescatarians, two vegetarians, and one no dairy....
View ArticleThe B57
I went to the graveyard day before yesterday. I catch the bus in front of two abandoned restaurants and a Starbucks. It rolls under the train tracks and makes a left at a strip club called,...
View ArticleDon’t get me started
Using gluten-free flour makes me feel like I did when my mother brought home a big orange can with a black striped white tiger on it when I was 10 and said, “Taste this; you’re gonna love it.” “What...
View Articledon’t give up
I taught my dog to stop on a dime. I used to think she didn’t have two brain cells to rub together, and I still don’t think she’s that smart, but she can definitely stop on a dime. I walk her early in...
View ArticleThe magic trick
Fifty years ago, there would have been an Easter basket at the end of my bed, with a chocolate rabbit, and a marshmallow egg. The rest you had to work for. But before I woke up enough to put my feet...
View ArticleSit outside
I don’t wait as long as I could anymore; or maybe I wait as long as I can and not a minute longer. I used to wait until I bled. I always thought old people got more patient as their skin sank and...
View ArticleSome days
Some days, it just rains. Potato Leek Soup: Shave the outer greens from a bunch of leeks, using a sharp knife. They should look like you’ve whittled them to a point. Cut off the roots from the root...
View ArticleThe Popeye Method
I’m still not right. It feels like I forgot something or I missed something. Like my arm. Or my pants. Sometimes I can stand over a pot of what’s on the stove and taste it once and fix it. Sometimes I...
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I’m trying to remember Madrid as it used to be. Which is futile. Nothing is at is used to be. My face for instance; not what it used to be. So, as nervous as it makes me, I’m going to try and let...
View Articlebefore they get here
I woke up at three a.m. and made myself stay in bed until six, before I went looking for coffee. Even at six, the sun hasn’t come up here yet. The streets were deserted. I like to go to a caffe that’s...
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