There comes a time in every writer's life when it becomes necessary to recognize what people really care about.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
As with wine, geography affects the flavor. Oysters are usually named for a locale.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
Havana, for all its smells, sweat, crumbling walls, isolation, and difficult history, is the most romantic city in the world.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
You could be a locavore in Florida or southern California. But I tried that. It was really limiting.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
It's true that writing and pastry-making are similar, but when you work as a pastry chef, you can get a kind of mania that everything you see is related to pastries.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
What people eat is not well documented. Food writers prefer to focus on fashionable, expensive restaurants whose creative dishes reflect little of what most people are eating.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
Havana, for all its smells, sweat, crumbling walls, isolation, and difficult history, is the most romantic city in the world.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
History shows that any attempt by government to interfere in the consumption of salt is always extremely unpopular.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
Before refrigeration, most food was heavily salted. Many of these salted foods have persisted, such as sauerkraut, pickles, cured anchovies, cheese, salted butter, ham, corned beef, sausage, and bacon. We still eat these things because we like them. But they are no longer the mainstay of our diet.