Following recipes isn’t exactly my strong suit. But I felt compelled to give Ossetian hand pies a try for Fourth of July. The food I most remember from childhood—apart from Italian takeout and hot dogs from Jackson roller rink—are my grandmother’s pierogi. She lived in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, a tight-knit Ukrainian-American community that centered […]
MoreTea meets amaro: the revival of an old romance, and how U.S. beverage companies are taking cues from a centuries-old Italian tradition. Read more in World of Tea.
More“Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not…because in the houses of the poor you can smell a good pot au feu.”–Coco Chanel Read more about my adventures in authentic luxury on Buddhists Who Shop.
More“Read Gogol’s Dead Souls,” Ms. Ezersky ordered me over tea. “It’s the bible of Russian food.” I still haven’t read it yet, but know, at least, that the narrator travels the Russian countryside, feasting in villagers’ homes along the way. What I did do was speak with James Beard award-winning Portland chef Vitaly Paley about […]
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