Food

I love bread. My last meal would be a loaf of my mom’s oatmeal bread, warm from the oven, each slice slathered in butter. Imagine my despair when I recently discovered I’m gluten-sensitive. No more of those lovely, airy loaves and chewy breads I’d once enjoyed. What was I going … [Read more...] about LIFE-CHANGING LOAF

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