Salad Lyonnaise, my version…

In 2004, I spent a semester at L’Ècole des Beaux Arts de Lyon, learning about art, food and an appreciation for a slower life. Two hour lunch breaks allowed for farmers market visits and a cooked mid-day meal. Expensive, quality produce trained me away from pre-package foods, and living in my studio apartment, one that … Continue Reading

Earth Day, a great day to begin…

I grew up with an Italian Mama, whose hobby it was to read recipe books and collect recipes from magazines and newspapers. For her hobby, my Mother sits in her chair, a pile of magazines to her right of her, clippings to the left, the rejected carelessly tossed straight ahead, and all-the-while, her hands constantly … Continue Reading