Good Morning. The first thing to do in this sublime setting is find a couple of chairs and pour a glass of wine, then off we go with a...

Friday, April 21st Good afternoon. I had another post ready to go for Monday, but it doesn't seem appropriate at the moment. My son's...

Good Morning. The movie Jaws is connected to the polio vaccine, at least on the coasts. Until Dr. Salk came along during the 1950s,...

Good Morning. We begin with a simple but delicious hors d'oeuvre, RASPBERRY BRIE TARTLETS. This recipe will serve 4 people almost 4 each....

Good Morning. In my city there's a house with a big red N on the front. The owner is a fan of the University of Nebraska. At Christmas he...

Good Morning. I recall quite vividly that one year my father wanted to go skiing on Good Friday and was told in crisp language by his...

Good Morning. I am tired of Mimosas with orange juice. I offer, in my ennui, a variation to begin this brunch. A shot of cranberry juice...

Good Morning. The movie "Chocolat", with delicious characters played by Juliette Binoche, the great Judi Dench, and Johnny Depp, was a...

Good Morning. You are what you eat until you aren't because you ate something from the fridge that should have been pitched. As for my...

Good Morning. We begin the evening with LYNCHBURG LEMONADE. 3 oz. 7-Up 1 oz. Sweet and Sour mix 1 oz. Triple Sec 1 oz. bourbon Mix...

Good Morning. Funerals often do not bring out the best in people - the ones who, admittedly under a great deal of stress, have to do the...

Good Morning. I find the decline of cursive handwriting terribly distressing. Think of it: No more greeting cards to be saved in a...

Good Morning. Today we do lunch in the English countryside. We begin with a beverage called a QUEEN MOTHER. 2 shots Dubonnet (rouge not...

Good Morning. I have some reservations about the infinity swimming pools that are cropping up at private residences and luxury resorts. I...

Good Morning. I find it interesting that even the shows on the food channel are competitive. This is because Americans are taught to...

Good Morning. Herewith a second weekly menu. We begin the evening with a CAPTAIN'S TABLE. 1/2 ounce Campari 2 ounces gin 1 tsp. Grenadine...

Good Morning. I understand people who go south for the winter. When I was a kid we used to spend the month of February every year in...

Good Morning. I live on a busy street with people who use several garbage services. I sit at my desk, gaze out the window with my coffee,...

Good Morning. Once a week I will send you a meal of recipes. I believe in breaking bread with people who laugh a lot. Find them and cook...

Good Morning. This is the deal about the human body: you crawl until you walk and you babble until you form understandable words and then...

Good Morning. I am very unhappy in an aircraft and tend to clutch a cocktail and the person next to me while blubbering that I will never...

Good Morning. My younger son used to put chicken bones in his desk drawer. This was because we had a cat who got into the kitchen waste...

Good morning. I once gave my younger son an expensive, designer-type shirt for Christmas and he went to the store the very next day and...