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On November 6th, 2011, DOSA…

November 6, 2011 1 min read

…housed in cozy vast top floor downtown LA loft hosted Alice Waters for an Edible Schoolyard benefit event and sale this afternoon….yum.

On November 2nd, 2011, SOFIA’S MARKETS…

November 2, 2011 1 min read

…old and new are in vivid contrast all over town – as in many of the European cities I’ve been visiting lately – most vividly evidenced on visits…

On August 26th, 2011, GENOVA CENTRAL MARKET…

August 26, 2011 1 min read

…is a pleasure the way all Italian markets are, where you are given an instant taste of the precise season, climate, weather, landscape, culture, economy, history, habits, and…

On August 22nd, 2011, GRAND APPETIT…

August 22, 2011 1 min read

…the simple casual homey delicious macrobiotic Marais cafe established in 1980, where you feel like you are dropping by your very cool exotic earthy French aunt and uncle’s…

On August 10th, 2011, TAO FOODS…

August 10, 2011 1 min read

…the wood-lined, screen-doored, toybox-equiped, homey health food store and cafe dating from the early 1970’s on Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis is often our place of choice for morning…

On July 24th, 2011, TORICELLA IN SABINA…

July 24, 2011 1 min read

…near Rieti in the Sabine hills north of Rome is the location of the country house that our artist friend Emiliano Maggi partly grew up in – and…

On July 23rd, 2011, INTERVIEWS OFF VIA APPIA…

July 23, 2011 1 min read

…for the Roma Mangia Roma book take us this morning to a house in the most remarkable location on extensive grounds covered with thick woods, picturesque meadows, modest…

On July 19th, 2011, SCANDRIGLIA…

July 19, 2011 1 min read

…in the Sabina of Lazio was the destination of our morning road trip to visit Oretta Zanini de Vita (the font of inspiration and information regarding cucina Italiana…

On July 13th, 2011, HINKEL BÄCKEREI…

July 13, 2011 1 min read

…is the best bread in Düsseldorf according to a few of the market farmers I have asked (in a country where people take their bread very very seriously),…

On July 4th, 2011, INDEPENDENCE DAY…

July 4, 2011 1 min read

…American Academy-style involved an Americanissimo coleslaw, homemade potato chips, grilled hamburger with fixins, potato salad, and watermelon lunch (making for a strange greeting for newly arrived guests who…