Since the kids left home to go to college and strike out on their own, writing the phrase, “Since the kids left home to go to college and strike out on their own,” fills me with an immediacy of fatigue, …
Entries from September 2010
Home Cooking: Terroir! Terroir! Terroir!
September 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Commentary
The Wednesday Food Sections: News You Can Use
September 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Commentary
Every Wednesday I wake up like a boy on Christmas morning. Well, some boys, anyway, not wanting to exclude boys from Tel Aviv, Kabul, Siem Reap, or Pyongyang for whom the day is just the same as the one prior …
FTC & FDA Get Teeth
September 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Commentary
As is often true, the best food stories were found in the Business sections of today’s newspapers.
In The New York Times, the lead story: The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) is ordering POM to stop saying that their pomegranate …
NYC: Same Old, Same Old
September 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Commentary
I almost wept this morning when, after taking the escalator down at Eli’s on 79th & 3rd, I saw all the beautiful, delicious, colorful, and aromatic food. Fresh squeezed juices, pomegranate seeds, pasta fatto in casa, prime beef, dark …