Monthly Archives: January 2011

SOME NOTES

After my last post, some of you wrote that you, too, were considering a little moderation after the holidays. Continue reading

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TAKE A BREATH

I’ve been working in the kitchen like a galley slave for the last few weeks – since before the holidays, actually, and it’s time for a parole. Continue reading

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GIRL FOOD

Last night I cooked for girls. Three girls – women, I should say; lovely women and me. Okay. I can cook girl food with my eyes closed; I’ve done it for years – light on the meat, light on the wheat, heavy on the greens – no problem. The problem is what the hell am I going to eat? Continue reading

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TAKE-OUT

When something consistently lets you down, when you keep ringing the same bell, hopes high, waiting for the old rush that’s just not coming, then you have to take a good, long look — at yourself, at it, the whole deal. Continue reading

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ALLA NORCINA

Norcia is a secluded, walled city in the mountainous region of the Valnerina in southeastern Umbria, and there are two very different pasta dishes that go by the name Alla Norcina. Continue reading

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