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It was all yellow. For a few minutes.
It’s gray and cold. Cold cold cold. Gray gray gray, cold cold cold. Also the Phillies stink. Stink stink stink so it feels even colder and grayer. So this morning I added some color, at least for a few minutes. Palascinta time!
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Worth the price of admission: Italian version
Learning to embrace the night: having always preferred sunlight and daytime, the Roman golden night is a revelation. They’ve dipped the entire city in magic gold dust that only appears as the sun goes down and the moon comes up. Even tourists turn gold at night. As … Continue reading
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A perfect Saturday in Bologna
It’s real, it’s old, it’s red, it’s gold, it’s delicious, it’s feisty, it’s crusty, it’s meaty, it’s yellow, it’s purple, it’s freaky, it’s a long way up, it’s a long way down, it’s overwhelming, It’s wonderful.
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Goulash (Gulyas)
My Hungarian Nana was a wonderful cook, and her dishes from the old country were loved in our home. Unfortunately, by the time I became mildly interested in cooking her skills had eroded and she was not cooking much. So I’ve … Continue reading
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Blast from the past: El Rey
Spotted in El Rey, a spectacularly everything-bizarre-and-kitchy-from-the-60s-and-70s-including-the-weirdest-stuff-leftover-from-the-old-Midtown-restaurant-is-fabulous-and-on-our-walls-floors-and-furniture new Mexican restaurant in Center City: one of those brass bas-relief things we used to make in art class in elementary school. I couldn’t take my eyes off it. Did you ever think you’d see one … Continue reading
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Breakfast in America
I don’t normally eat breakfast, which I guess is why I’m sometimes bowled over by particularly good ones. Best breakfast since that to-die-for burrito in Texas hill country last summer, found at 7th Avenue Cafeteria in NYC. Great people-watching out the … Continue reading
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Brief exploration of New York
Spent a little extra time in NY last week during a conference. Took a bank-sponsored tour of the Bronx. On the way we passed my grandmother’s old apartment building on 92nd St. at First Avenue. Drove over the Willis Avenue … Continue reading
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The View from the Porch 