Shrink in the Kitchen

Today’s sections in The Boston Globe and The New York Times were a study in contrasts.  While the former was odd, the latter was exciting.  Here is what I mean:
But first there’s this:  The front page of the Globe carried a story on folks raising chickens at home in response to fear of salmonella in [...]

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I was up at 4 A.M., having gone to bed at 9 P.M., due to jet lag, which is the result of having spent the past week in a time zone that is 13 hours ahead of this one.
I don’t mind being up.  It’s black outside, very quiet, and a sense of calm is obvious.
Of [...]

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Returning from a very fine culinary week in Japan–high points include cold noodles and boiled root vegetables from the mountains and noteworthy horse sashimi–I wondered about food cravings back in Boston.
Last night I expedited a veal Bolognese cooked by Chef Madeline: Rather delicious.
Tonight?
Obviously, it’s fat, juicy cheeseburgers, Prime or Australian Waygu, grilled on the Braunfels [...]

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Up at 5 A.M. and so at 6 a walk across the street in Hibaya Koan, facing the Imperial Palace, seemed right.  The park is lovely: Roses, lawns, ponds, a variety of trees.  Also up were a fair number of people who were homeless and seemed hungover or about to be: One man pounded aluminum [...]

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