There is always inspiration to be found when traveling, and while we were in New York last week we snapped pictures of ideas we thought might translate to the CWE. See what you think. In between raindrops we noticed that the cafe tables and chairs in Bryant Park were occupied by people enjoying a brown…
Lunch/Book Signing with NY Chef Gabrielle Hamilton
One of my favorite books of 2011 was Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, a food memoir written by Gabrielle Hamilton (second from right). When publicity first surfaced that Gabrielle was coming to town for Sauce Magazine's Celebrity Chef Series (presented in partnership with Left Bank Books), my friend Mary…
Is the novelty wearing thin?
A couple of weeks ago I had an email from a reader who lives in the 4400 block of McPherson asking if I had any ideas for spring planting, since the wild turkeys that have occupied so many of my recent posts had eaten the blossoms right off her pansies and violas, and attacked her…