04 Nov 2014 13 Comments
in Pork, Recipes, Video Tags: Dia de los Muertos, holidays, James Joyce, Loteria, Mexican cooking, Mexico, mole, Oaxaca, Pork, The Dead
“His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.” —James Joyce, “The Dead”
As I’ve confessed to in the past, I like holidays — particularly other people’s holidays. Our neighbors to the south, Mexico, for example.
28 Oct 2014 13 Comments
in Humor, Starlets, Yoga Students & Quinoa (stories) Tags: Halloween, holidays, humor, Kentucky Fried Chicken, los angeles, trick or treaters
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It was Halloween many, many years ago — quite obviously before I had children of my own, as you will soon see.
My pal, Mike, and I were at his girlfriend’s parents house in an affluent suburb of Los Angeles, waiting for our dates, who were upstairs putting the finishing touches on their Halloween costumes. We were reclining on the couch, into our second or third beers, when the doorbell rang. More
24 Nov 2011 4 Comments
in Observations Tags: autumn, duck confit, food, holidays, salt, Sonoma, Thanksgiving, wild mushrooms, wine
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. In addition to being the only holiday that is really ALL about food, it incorporates two of my favorite concepts into its title: thanks and giving.
If I were limited to only two values I could instill my children, it might be those two. To be thankful. And to be giving.
One of the most valuable things I can give is my time. And often I do that by cooking. When friends or loved ones come for a meal, they are not merely chewing and swallowing. They are being honored, served and cherished. And they are sharing in my small effort to make the world a more slow, thoughtful, beautiful place — one meal at a time. More
skinny girls & mayonnaise 