On January 28th, 2011, PUBLIC PASTA MAKER AT THE ART FAIR…
…in Bologna – where we have come on a two and a half hour speedy train ride north through the mountains from Rome for a night to attend…
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On January 26th, 2011, ORTICHE…
…or nettles, are to be found all over the streets of Rome, coming up from any unattended space between stones, they sting (a fact I am sure every…
On January 21st, 2011, THE FLOWERING FAVA BEANS…
…or Vicia faba, are keeping my rooftop garden spring-like in the middle of a Roman winter – and since I have never grown them before, it is all…
On January 10th, 2011, DE BOLHOED IN AMSTERDAM…
…(‘bowler’s hat’ in Dutch, since it used to be a hat shop) is the rare organic vegan restaurant in this town in the land of dairy, which was…
On December 30th, 2010, ROOFTOP POTATO HARVEST…
…is the surprising legacy of the potato plants that were cut down by the one night of frost up on the roof last week – and as I…
On December 6th, 2010, THE BISCOTTI BOOK…
…featuring recipes from the kitchen of The American Academy in Rome by Mona Talbott and Mirella Misenti just had a very civilized Academy event and tea reception to…
On November 8th, 2010, A VENETIAN FRUIT VENDOR…
…in the Venice sestiere of Cannaregio where I lived from 1990-91, was the highlight of my day, involving a visit back to my old street, Calle Riello, only…
On October 5th, 2010, LECTURE IN DEN HAAG…
…this evening at the wonderful Stroom – described as “an independent foundation established in 1989 as is a centre for art and architecture with a wide range of…
On October 3rd, 2010, A HARVEST DINNER FOR 500 AT OMAHA GRAIN ELEVATOR…
…was a stunning culinary, pastoral, heartland experience created by Anne Trumble of Emerging Terrain that featured beautiful 20’x80′ images by local artists covering the silos visible from the…
On September 19th, 2010, GIOVANNI BERNABEI…
…is the farmer just outside of Rome – who supplies most of the fresh, local, seasonal, and organic produce to chef Mona Talbott at the American Academy in…
On August 27th, 2010, MACDOWELL COLONY VEGETABLE GARDEN…
…is looking great towards the end of the season, producing butternut squash, tomatoes, and lots of leafy greens.
On August 11th, 2010, LEAFY GREENS…
…and a few reds, are popping up in Emily’s vegetable garden at MacDowell Colony – we get some in our lunch if the hedgehogs don’t get to it…
On August 7th, 2010, THE STAFF GARDENS AT THE ALDRICH MUSEUM…
…which were planted in the early spring as a part of the “Something for Everyone” show at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut – are now…
On July 27th, 2010, A MACDOWELL GARDEN TOUR…
…was lead today by Emily, the amazing MacDowell gardener, who is also an old friend who within the past two years has started a garden of natives around…
On June 26th, 2010, DINNER AT MILDRED’S LANE…
…seems to be an elaborate and highly staged event every night – lead by the “gastronomic choreographers” Monique and Athena – tonight taking the form of a gorgeous…
On June 19th, BISTROTHEQUE’S ROOFTOP “STUDIO DINING EAST”…
…opened a few days ago on a rooftop overlooking the construction site of London’s Olympic Park… Bistrotheque‘s Studio East Dining, 16 JUNE – 4 JULY 2010, London’s most…
On June 8th, 2010, ROOFTOP VEGGIE SURPRISE…
…is what I am calling this season’s kitchen garden which began with mixing up in a container all of the seeds for edibles that I have been collecting…
On April 6th, 2010, COOKING ISSUES BY DAVE ARNOLD AND NILS NOREN…
…is a super-smart-and-articulate-detail-oriented-science-wizzy-foodie-blog (ie, see today’s post: Sous-Vide and Low Temp Primer Part II: Cooking Without a Vacuum) written in part by my old New Haven friend Dave…
On April 4th, 2010, HOT KNIVES…
…the sophisticated-but-street cooking & blogging (vegetarian) foodies Evan George and Alex Brown – whom I met when they presented a provocative pickling workshop in one of the geodesic…
On March 26th, 2010, ANNIE NOVAK OF GROWING CHEFS AND ROOFTOP FARMS…
…will be joining Will Allen (Growing Power), Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President), and myself in a conversation about the possibilities for publicly growing food in the most unlikely…