This is one of my favorite lines from the movie, You've Got Mail. The rejoinder is, "makes you want to buy school supplies". That line just popped into my head this morning. I do think that the aura that is New York, is perhaps best felt, at least for me, in the Fall. It is the season when I spent a lot of time, 35 years ago, with my husband, as we first started dating and roamed around the city together when he was living not far from the … [Read more...]
The Beautiful and the Simple
This is simple deliciousness! Not to blow the horn of the Italians again and again, but aren't they the masters of the simply delicious? I am open to more complex recipes and flavor combinations, but often find the fewer the fresh and simply adorned ingredients, the better. This, to me is a perfect example. I just love what a perfectly ripe white peach adds to this simplest of salads - the sunniest of overtones! I have to say that … [Read more...]