Photo by Judith Hausman These large-rimmed soup bowls are my favorite; they bring out the best flavor in soups. In the wine world, prestigious glassware manufacturers make magical claims that a wine tastes its best in their glasses. Specific shapes deliver wine to the right place on the palate, and position the nose properly to […]
Photo by Judith Hausman Some may consider these tomatoes rejects. I consider them soup. I finally found it. Thanks to food goddess Alice Waters’ The Art of Simple Food (Clarkson Potter, 2007), I finally have the perfect summer tomato soup recipe. After many attempts that turned out too watery, too acidic, too sweet or were […]
Photo by Judith Hausman My beans growing in Bob and Karen’s backyard. Around here, book club is the inner circle, the first network to consult for advice on nearly anything: electricians, school board candidates, pie crust. Ours (The Salem Witches) is fluid but committed; there’s always a quorum of very smart women with a list […]
I emphatically am not a cocktail person. For me, a relaxing and civilized alternative to the cocktail is the European tradition of aperitifs.
Photo by Judith Hausman Raspberries are the “queen of berries” in my opinion, and I get mine from Amawalk Farm in New York. I’ve always loved the view from the berry patch at The Hickories. The gentle hills fold down from the ridge (just over the Connecticut line from me in Ridgefield) and over the […]
