“But this one is great, honey!” Yes, admittedly, the combined weight of my extra cookbooks and old cooking magazines collapsed the top of our pantry. In response, I meticulously picked through the magazines, saving recipes I wanted in a a surprisingly organized manner. The rest went in the recycling, along with one or two cookbooks I could bring myself to ... Read More »
Music has that crazy ability to evoke a rich and detailed moment from the past, just like the smell of apple pie might make me think of my mom’s pies fresh out of the oven, with the flakiest, tastiest crust you could ever imagine. My iPod Nano is loaded with a playlist titled “All time faves”. When most of ... Read More »
I know. I make it sound active, as if I were actually DOING something. In fact, parenting teenagers is more about letting go and hoping that things won’t go too wrong. Teenagers need to exert their independence, and they need to make mistakes. You just hope they are mistakes that have consequences you dole out, and not the law. Back ... Read More »
A blog about food and wine… and controversy? Why not? If you can’t discuss controversial themes while sharing a glass of wine and some appetizers, well then will you just talk about the weather? Who has the right to keep information confidential? Edward Snowden – love him or hate him? While you might expect me, a hopeless leftie college professor ... Read More »
Some girls love it. I hate it. Pink. An entire clothing store with its name. The singer with that horrible name? Love her. She is edgy, and more about black leather than… than… PINK! Anna, co-blogger – where do you stand on pink? When it comes to wine, I find pink surprisingly appealing at this time of the year. This ... Read More »
La crisis. In Spain, the crisis needs no modifier – it’s not the economic crisis, it’s not the housing crisis, it’s not the unemployment crisis, it is simply the crisis. It is all of those and more. But in true Spanish fashion, at the same time, it is none of those. Spain, like many of its EU neighbors, is trying to emerge from worldwide ... Read More »
What are your all time favorite cities? Boston and DC on the east coast rate highest for me. San Fran knocked my socks off out west. But Madrid… Madrid holds a special place in my heart. De Madrid al cielo! From Madrid to heaven! That was the marketing slogan in place the first time I went to live in Madrid. ... Read More »
Ha! I am not the meanest person on the planet! Taking advantage of a minor lull/lessening in this rain that seems miserably stuck overhead, I snuck out for a quick run this morning. And good thing I did run, and not just take the dog for a walk. The dog only goes to the end of the road, but the ... Read More »
There are many roads to Santiago, and there are many reasons for walking there. Equally, there are many circumstances for how we all, as individuals, choose to walk the Camino. Today we arrived in Santiago, around 1:45 pm. We ran into people we knew in the plaza in front of the Cathedral, and snapped photos happily away, in a dry ... Read More »
Confession: I did not have the opportunity today to try my new niceness with our friends from Minnesota. I did, however, learn to ask more questions, as those same friends do often. Today’s lessons: 1. The horizontally trellised grape is called catalán rojo, and it makes a white wine, unless it is left to ferment, in which case it makes a rosé. ... Read More »
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