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Taken from my Instagram account, here are some new bottles that have hit the market lately. Read more

Over on my Instagram account, I posted a lot of pictures of goofy ice projects for Halloween. I realized I should also share them here on the blog for posterity. This is one of several posts. This is a plastic... Read more

Indonesian bazaar at the St. James Parish House Saturday, December 4, 11:00-4:30; repeats monthly Parish house of St. James Episcopal Church, 8407 Broadway (St. James-Corona Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens www.Facebook.com/events/1485681005137024 Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=indonesian%20james&view_all=1 Free admission Estonian Christmas Market Saturday, December 4, 3:00-???... Read more

jump to Recipe a personal take on the cabbage and apple pairing The current Cook the Books Club selection is Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown: The year is 1819, and the renowned chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by... Read more

What size bird to purchase, no matter what the occasion, tends to be confusing because, simply stated, all poultry is not created equal. Seasoned cooks will tell you size doesn't always matter, because some fowl, duck for instance, may appear... Read more

French Exit reminds us of a French film though we can't name a specific film. You could imagine Isabelle Huppert or Sandrine Bonnaire in the Michelle Pfeiffer role. The film starts out with Frances Price (Pfeiffer) as the widowed socialite who has run out of her husband's money. Her adult son Malcolm (American actor Lucas Hedges) is along for the ride. The plan is to sell everything and move to Paris. They somehow take a ship across the Atlantic Ocean, where Malcolm meets a medium, Madeleine (Australian actor Danielle Macdonald). Porquoi? Don't ask. Several themes emerge. The film collects an odd assortment of characters. Frances may seem clueless and flighty but she relates to the homeless. They also end up in a part of Paris where very little French is spoken. They end up in Paris because Frances' socialite friend Joan (Susan Coyne) happens to have an empty, huge apartment in Paris with room enough to harbour all the unusual characters to live. Read more

My last visits to A Chau and Cali Baguette left me wondering how some of the other "old school" banh mi shops were doing, And another Phuong Nga errand had me in City Heights once again. I was craving a... Read more

I covered it on my Instagram account, but I made some simple cranberry ice cubes. For the spheres, I simply added cranberries to clear ice molds. [list of recommended products here] For the spears/sheets, I floated some cranberries in a... Read more

Yet another quick pre-Covid travel post. We returned from our little day trip to Chartres and took a nap and rested a bit. For dinner, I chose a restaurant close to where we were staying. We'd be flying out to... Read more

Eggnog means eggs in a cup, and it is used on both sides of the Atlantic to toast to health. Nog is an old English term for a small wooden cup. It descended from a hot British drink called posset,... Read more