Food

Last week the pizza king Dom DeMarco of Di Fara Pizza died at the age of 85. Maybe you never heard of him, but here in NYC he was a legend, his Brooklyn pizzeria consistently ranked among the best, if not the best in the New York City area. I knew Dom. His was the first pizza I … [Read more...] about Slices of My Life

Until two years ago when Life as we knew it hit Pause, my writer pals as I gathered every year on Martin Luther King weekend at the beach house in Northern California owned by my sister Karen’s family. In 2021 we had a change in plans due to COVID, as did pretty much every person … [Read more...] about Sand Between My Toes

I didn’t get around to sending Thanksgiving greetings this year. I’ve been on a writing streak and I was busy in the kitchen yesterday. This year, instead of the usual Thanksgiving menu, I prepared a vegetarian meal. Instead of turkey and stuffing, we ate stuffed portobello … [Read more...] about WHAT I’M THANKFUL FOR

I’m a recipe junkie. If there’s a recipe in a magazine I’m reading that looks good, I’m reaching for my scissors (or surreptitiously tearing it out if I’m in a doctor’s office waiting room). My recipe folder is so fat with clippings, I’d have to live to be a hundred and fifty to … [Read more...] about MY NOT-SO-SECRET OBSESSION

  (Stock photo - not recipe photo) It's pumpkin season.  Which means Halloween and all the goodies that come with it. If I were a kid I'd be thinking costumes right now. These days Halloween has me tying on my apron.  I love pie, especially holiday pies: apple, pumpkin, … [Read more...] about A Treat for Your Trick-or-Treaters At Home