easy mango sorbet

On July 30, 2008 By

I was one of the lucky people who won a copy of Lynne Rossetto Kasper’s The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Supper over at Serious Eats. It’s a great book — tons of quality weekday recipes and great mini-anecdotes from lots of people in the food world; [...]

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36 hours for cookies?

On July 21, 2008 By

About two weeks ago, the New York Times Food Section published a story about one author’s quest for chocolate chip cookie nirvana. In it, David Leite interviews several cookie pros in and around the Big Apple to identify some tips that could help home bakers find The Way [...]

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My wife and I just got back from a 2-week vacation in Europe. We went to Messina, Venice, Dubrovnik, Florence, Pisa, Rome, Cannes, Nice, Barcelona, and Naples — it was a whirlwind! Perhaps my favorite memory from the whole trip, though, is getting a pizza-making lesson in Naples. Here are some pics:

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