In northern Illinois, where I grew up, parents pack their kids in the car on early winter weekends and trek to the countryside to ride hors...

chelsea, new york Tonight when I was leaving Chelsea Market on my way home from work, I spied this young man behind the glass at Dickson...

Cyclocross is not a sport for the faint of heart. Akin to road racing, but on courses made up of mud, grass, sand, hills and obstacles so ...

F or four Sundays running, András and I have been pedaling from our little nest in L.I.C. over bridges and through the woods to new adven...

I’ve long admired the silver collection of one of my dearest girlfriends, Frances , a mix of family heirlooms and flea market finds from h...

harlem, new york To give thanks for the blessing of a year, it is not necessary to have a large house, a large family, or even a la...

l.i.c, new york I have always wanted to do a Friendsgiving { a grown up gathering of friends on Thanksgiving, a la Ross, Rachael, Monica ...

I'm not exactly sure when my baby brother's culinary prowess surpassed my own, but moments ago on the phone with him, it became clea...

Find the shortest, simplest way between the earth, hand and the mouth. ~Lanza del Vasto South Street Seaport, Manhattan If you hav...

Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness. ~Pablo Picasso everywhere, new york If every week of life had ...

l.i.c., new york A few months ago, at the Dog Ear Book Barn in Vermont, I picked up a warn copy of Cooking with Love & Paprika . The t...

l.i.c., new york I almost never lament the fact that András doesn’t eat meat. But the other night, I got a hankering for the French classi...

br ooklyn, new york I love my humble vegetables. We munch on them gratefully most week nights in our almost meatless home, though they ...

l.i.c., new york Down in Maryland, where I was last Sunday, there were still tomatoes on the vine. Here in New York, the tomatoes are lon...

miller farm, maryland P.S. Often when you do good, there are rewards, like the freshly made donuts at the Miller Farm stand, where we ga...

prince george's county, maryland I have a farmer’s tan, a bonafide farmer’s tan. A tan earned by a hard day of harvest in the aft...