Joel | March 3, 2010
No, it’s not an Italian–Chinese love story. Well, not exactly
Chinese chun juan or spring rolls – thin dough skins spread with finely minced vegetables, meat, shrimp or oysters and rolled into, well…a roll…evoke an emotional response of home and family for my Chinese wife. Since her parents are currently visiting us, [...]
Joel | February 10, 2010
Mad Love. Forever. That’s your likely reward for showing up on Valentine’s Day with Prosecco and white chocolate in hand.
Prosecco’s playful, mischievous character combined with the decadent attitude of white chocolate sets a mood that’s…uhmmm…appropriate for Valentine’s Day.
White chocolate truffles will up the pleasure ante: their round shape indulges sweet shared nibbling, [...]
Joel | January 15, 2010
The wine world is recently abuzz with predictions about wine trends during the coming year.
I come terribly under-dressed to the party: I have only an observation to offer you.
There are two reasons for this: somewhere along the way, I have concluded that prediction is the stuff of weathermen / women. And besides, [...]
Joel | October 27, 2009
Who inhabits the spaces we’ve lived in when we move on? Do they too scent the winter kitchen by tossing orange peels into the old iron stove? Have they looked with curiosity upon the egg shaped depression left in the window sill where we hammered open so many walnuts?
I am always nostalgic about such [...]
