to encourage you to experiment. The only possible negative is that instead of color photographs, there are not-overly-appealing line drawings. But I think Simple Art and The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Berenbaum are two of the best...

Someone else will have to address the places that are not in the immediate area, but I will do my best to cover the Boston area. I have omitted accompinments because I don’t use any, and therefore have a foogy memory....

food, as art. All of these are gone. There creations are but memories, and then, only when the phase of the moon is just right. I’m sure that there are a thousand other creations, that merit the moniker, “art.” Chef Michael...

in a classroom talking about at what moment an artifact of cultural memory becomes a work of art according to ricoeur. a little too much theorizing; no actual making of works of art (unless you count a nice chocolate cake i made...

Sitting down to dinner with a glass of Malbec and a world of memories.

Does anyone else remember these long-gone Chicago restaurants? Tofenetti’s was where the art students' dorm is now at State and Randolph. For every season they had a specialty they prepared in the window, strawberry...

and it was very dry. We also ordered the spaghetti with marinara sauce which we enjoyed as we like a sauce that it very simple and clean. We brought back bags and bags of Lindt chocolate truffles which are delicious. We also made...

Soft boiled egg with toast fingers for dipping. If I have Marmite in the house, so much the better. Another one ... not cooked, but still a cozy memory ... simple old cornflakes, no sugar, with bananas sliced on top. For some...

Keep your hands dry and your fine art modern.

<To be honest, I don’t own a copy of MtAoFC because I don’t have the time or calories to devote to “Mastering” French cuisine, even though I would love to have a Mastery of French (or any other)...

in the car sampleing the succulent duck and crispy pork, washing it down hot soup. Other eating memories have been more elaborate, but none more simple satisfying.

November 2008 COTM: Alice Waters – The Art of Simple Food Please post your full-length reviews of recipes for poultry and meat here, including those recipes that fit in these categories that are in the first section of the...

November 2008 COTM: Alice Waters – The Art of Simple Food Please post your full-length reviews of recipes for soups and salads here, including those recipes that fit in these categories that are in the first section of the...

November 2008 COTM: Alice Waters – The Art of Simple Food Please post your full-length reviews of recipes for fish and shellfish here, including those recipes that fit in these categories that are in the first section of the...

November 2008 COTM: Alice Waters – The Art of Simple Food Please post your full-length reviews of recipes for ‘A Little Something’ & Sauces here, including those recipes that fit in these categories that are in...