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      ‘To The Table’

      I have a confession to make:  I actually like sitting down at a table to eat and drink just a bit more than I do cooking.  Okay, a lot more.  There’s something so wonderful about plopping down at a beautifully set table, laying a cloth napkin across one’s lap and waiting for that first plate [...]

      Review: ‘My Nepenthe’

      My Nepenthe: Bohemian Tales of Food, Family and Big Sur. Romney Steele. Andrews McMeel Publishing. $35.00 (352p) ISBN: 978-0-7407-7914-5
      My first visit to Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur, California was in the fall of 1983. It was a hot day and we sat outside on the massive terrace with a [...]

      The Languedoc

      The Languedoc reminds me of an Audrey Hepburn movie. I’m not sure which one; I’m not even sure it’s actually one of her films. The image I have stuck in my head. It could be any one of several American movies made in the 50s and 60s set in the French countryside. [...]

      Spain

      I hate flying. And I don’t particularly relish staying in hotel rooms. Being a tourist is not a favorite pastime either. But I still love to travel. What I really like is being in a place. Letting the effects of a place slowly seep into my awareness, slowly take over [...]

      France

      My love affair with France began at age sixteen. I was lucky enough to spend an entire week in Paris with my high school French class, thanks to the generosity of my father and step-mother. It was the Spring of 1976 and I fell in love with Paris and the French almost immediately. [...]