Mosaics of a 10 course Midwestern Meal: Part 2
“Well begun is half done.” Aristotle’s prophecy of sorts rang true to any lengthy tasting menu, where a preparatory, palette seducing beginning was the best pedestal to a fascinating finish. […]
“Well begun is half done.” Aristotle’s prophecy of sorts rang true to any lengthy tasting menu, where a preparatory, palette seducing beginning was the best pedestal to a fascinating finish. […]
What’s stronger than Tokaj wine, I once thought? And I was introduced to Tokaj syrup. In the same way, the vicarious expectation from food Makes me swoon to to delusional […]
I have often viewed inventiveness in culinary worlds as a skill, not a gift. For akin to the faux but enlightening Chef Gusto of Ratatouille de Paris, anyone can cook, but […]
The kitchen has always been the hearth, the heart, the center of the home. Truly emptiomizing my sentiment towards food, encrusted in gold on a leather padded menu, I knew […]
New York summers, where would life be without eating through them? Which is why, on one day that promised to be sweltering but succumbed to the fall weather tendencies of […]
“Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.” Ever had a fleeting scent or darting visual whisk you into childhood? It happens to me […]
Time is surreal, Such that in its fluid rhythm, Moments can vanish, As daydreams blend into each other, Like an inseparable pair of waves. I could not help but notice […]
“Well begun is half done,” said Aristotle. And he couldn’t be more right. For in retrospect, a four hour culinary ordeal in Milan took me two halves of conjoined memories […]
Nothing is as powerful as the tonic of expectation. And when exceeded, the tonic turns into syrup. Slurp away. Who would have thought that one of Europe’s four fashion capitals […]
To think it started as a sail rising from the ocean, like the birth of a new era, or the dawn of a sinking ship. Yet, being the Persian Gulf […]