Two Great Deserts: Sonora and Arabia Deserta
A couple of days ago I finally got around to reading Gary Nabhan’s book Arab/American. I was entranced as Nabhan, best known for his work on the ecology of the…
Read moreJulia and Elizabeth: Ladies of Power
OK, I did read Mastering from cover to cover–many times. OK, before that I had read French Provincial Cooking, well, a lot more than I ever read Mastering. Now I…
Read moreFirst Encounters: French Food II
Silence, deathly silence. Then the conversation went back to where it had been five minutes before. What had I said that provoked such a hostile reaction? It was the late…
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