Barking Cold! They’d Rather Be in California?

I’ve ramped up my commitment (and work) on the long-promised post about our tour of a wine estate in Puglia last June. I’m determined to finish and post it this week, but meanwhile, I thought…

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Two Things Friday?

I was planning to post Five Things Friday today–I’ve been collecting images toward the post all week. But then my computer monitor faded into death yesterday afternoon, and there were too many incidents involving cat…

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Comfort Food, Easy-Style

Here we go, as promised. I served this Chowder to a friend who came for a very casual, easy dinner over the holidays. To accompany it, I made fresh bread from this ever-so-easy and so…

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The Power of Ink

Paris has been so much part of my life over the course of this blog, and it means so much to me, that I need to register my heartbreak at today’s events there. I took…

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A Slight Delay . . . with Compensation . . .

Yes, yes, I did promise a Simple, Delicious Seafood Chowder recipe, but my goodness, it’s busy starting up a new term. That post is still coming soon (do you have a fennel bulb? You’ll need…

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