Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for November, 2009

Maira Kalman Hits Another High Note

Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I grew up reading Maira Kalman’s books– colorful accounts of the wacky and willy characters who live in this city. I met her once at an opening for one of her shows and was shocked (as you would be if you know her work) to see her dressed all in plain white. As [...]

Read Full Post »

Thanksgiving is for (Food) Lovers

Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Bounced out of bed this morning with the glee of a child on Christmas: I had oysters to buy, and the Greenmarket was calling. Call me crazy, but I love Union Square the day before Thanksgiving. Some people seemed stressed out with shopping lists, last-minute turkeys to acquire, and unwieldy bundles of dried [...]

Read Full Post »

11/23/09-11/30/09

Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Dear Local Gourmands,
There was the year we improvised Thanksgiving in a 17th Century house in Italy (roast chicken and mashed potatoes, no cranberries), the amalgam of pakoras and, strangely, nachos that decked the potluck table when I was on study abroad in India one November, and then there was a feast day celebrated in Dakar, [...]

Read Full Post »

Older Posts »