Monthly Archives: January 2011

Hail to the Chef

Posted on January 24, 2011 by marigold

My friend, Arline, is to ordinary household cooks as Hollandaise sauce is to Heinz. What better birthday tribute for her than a cook-a-thon with friends and family at the Institute of Culinary Education? For travel,  think a trip to NYC’s … Continue reading →

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Don’t Cry for Me (in) Argentina

Posted on January 16, 2011 by marigold

“Mendoza now is like Napa Valley  was thirty years ago, ” I was repeatedly told.  Since my last visit to Napa was a good ten years ago,  I can’t compare the two but, overall, Argentina’s Mendoza, the main  wine-growing area,  … Continue reading →

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Breakfast in Paris

Posted on January 8, 2011 by marigold

Petite dejeuner, (meaning breakfast in French which  translates as  ‘little lunch’, a concept that never made sense to me), is typically a plain pastry and coffee.  In Paris last June with  Natalie,  above,  we had petite  dejeuner in one of … Continue reading →

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Eternity

Posted on January 2, 2011 by marigold

Dorothy Parker (above) is credited with coining the phrase “eternity is two people and a ham.”  Parker, poet, satirist and one of the founders of the Algonquin Round Table,   reviewed books for The New Yorker under the name “Constant Reader. … Continue reading →

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