I cannot tell you, or emphasize enough, the sheer number of bakeries and patisseries in London.
Starbucks is the United States as Patisseries are to London. There were so many coffee and tea shops, brimming with pastries. Skip the muffins, forget the cookies, set aside the quick breads, subtract the pies. These shops were filled with [...]

One of the largest, longest and favorite walks on my trip to London took me from the Tower of London (first stop of the morning), over Tower Bridge (lots going on!), to discover Butler’s Wharf, peek in at the new City Hall (globe like), to London Bridge, past Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, and finally over the [...]

I already miss the tube. And the pastries. And wearing big wool coats and fancy shoes and fine scarves. Oh, and by all means I miss that accent. I love a good accent.
I am sorry for my silence for a few days; I had good intentions of blogging while gallivanting about. But I was regularly [...]

It is good. It is thick, no doubt, but good.
Ruhlman has earned his keep as a culinary journalist, having focused his interest on the plight of chefs, he has made his mark. WHAT makes a chef? What is the motivation, the measure, the conjecture? WHY be a chef?  WHO has earned that name, HOW do [...]

We snuck in a brief trip to Boston, Massachusetts last week. It has been our goal to steal the kids away and go explore the great city of Boston. And I must say, it was far too short a trip to take in this history rich, fall-embracing, food wise, grownup city. We really only had [...]