What better way to reunite with family then over the burners? My cousin Brian hosted a memorable cooking event near Boston – and my aunts were his sous-chefs, doing all the prep…
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“‘The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it’ Ralph Waldo Emerson,” reads the plaque near the entry to the home of Kathy and Bruce in East Haddam, Connecticut. No…
For Roosevelt, a “fireside chat” denoted intimate dialogue with the people. The fireside chat – called “veglia” (“vigil”) – was always an intimate moment of life in central Italy’s rural culture. I…
Che strano! What an odd sensation to connect with Ginny at MIT: we had first met in a bucolic setting in Italy, in Scheggino, a tiny mountainside village on the Nera River…
Snow flurries arrived in Chicago about when I did. Icy roads, slippery sidewalks and cutting chill outside. But I only felt warmth during my four days there… and right from the moment…
Never put a loaf of bread on the table upside down: porta male (“brings bad luck”). Everyone will jump up to turn it over, making the corna sign (“horns”) against the mal’occhio…
“No words to convey what an incredible evening full of delicious food, wonderful conversation and new friends… I thank you for your energy, spirit and passion. Much gratitude…”, wrote Scottsdale host, Jana,…
“The school is held at the beautiful home of Chef Barbara Fenzl and every month she gets an extraordinary chef in and teaches you several recipes which you then get to try…”,…
About two days before my scheduled arrival in Phoenix, Angela, an old friend from my Santa Clara University days, emailed to ask if I would enjoy a “real Mexican dinner” with her…
Spontaneity makes any cooking class even better! Howie and Dave specialize in hosting fun cooking classes with a good mix of guests – and their own additions to the menus I send…