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Like millions before me, I arrived in New York with a sense of wonder. I had been reading on the train ride into Penn station, so my …

Sometimes, you see things only from a distance. Birthdays, for example (whoever had their birthday lately knows that I need a little …

For some time now, I have been a subscriber to the magazine “Cooks Illustrated”. A friend described it as “food porn”, but the focus is …

And then, suddenly, it is summer. The days are only a little bit hotter, yet the nights are warm and mediterranean. If Angelenos sat …

There are two kinds of researchers: scientists and engineers. Faced with a problem, the scientist will say “How interesting” and …

I love eating! And I love cooking. Perhaps even more than eating. Whoever is surprised by this does not know me well. Cooking for me is …

When I arrived here, my attitude was the same as every European’s fresh off the boat―a feeling of calmly assumed cultural superiority. …

Picture the late morning sun over LA, lazily shining through the open front door of a single storey house. As it crosses the threshold, …

“You write so infrequently”, I hear quite often. “I have too much to do,” I then reply. That is true, but there is of course more. …