If I still had the restaurant I wouldn’t have been able to take 2 weeks plus off and would have missed the glorious vacation/celebration I just returned from. The itinerary took me to Albuquerque, El Paso, Texas, Casas Grandes,, Chihuahua,... (Continue reading)
We walked into Carmela’s house in Casas Grandes and stepped back into the time of my youth. Her radiant smile welcomed us, she was dressed to the nines in a turquoise Mexican flowing outfit that she favors these days... (Continue reading)
It’s amazing how fast 43 years can go and mind boggling that you can be away for so long and pick up with old friends whom you’ve only seen sporadically over the years as if you’d had lunch last... (Continue reading)
. The sad part of having older close friends such as author Budd Schulberg, fashion designer Pauline Trigere, and publishing giant Barney Rosset among others, is that I will lose them sooner rather later. So, while I have them,... (Continue reading)
Almost a month has passed since the Longhouse Food Writers Revival but the outpouring of praise and expressions of just how much it touche different peopled in different ways continues. Debra Smith’s poem The Barn is beautifully illustrated... (Continue reading)
I’ll be on with magnificent Betty Fussell talking about corn. It’s always a blast to be on with Lenny–he knows so much about everything–and I have not be on his show in a long time. So tune in to... (Continue reading)