The insistent marketing of Fiji Water in Aspen has infuriated me. Aspen tap water comes from local mountain springs, and trucks aren't n...

During our 3 weeks in Aspen (we leave Sunday), I've been paying a lot of attention to the contrast between elaborate restaurant meals an...

Last night we celebrated Elaine's birthday at a restaurant called "Elevation." It was excellent. Seating was in a courtyard ab...

The restaurants in Aspen are all very good. Some are famous, and some are known for their famous clients. I've already described how we ...

Louise at the blog Months of Edible Celebrations is hosting a picnic !! She just announced this game today, inviting bloggers to celebrate ...

Continuing to report on how I cook in condo with good cooking equipent, but starting with a completely empty pantry and frige -- last night,...

As I walked around the streets near our condo, I noticed this Fiji water being delivered to the Aspen Food and Wine Classic. Several drums o...

Last night I cooked two dishes: baked chicken with Spanish smoked paprika (I brought it with me from Santa Barbara) and Gratin Dauphinoise, ...

In today's New York Times I read an article about Spanish restaurants: After El Bulli, Spain Looks Forward . The description of Spanish...

Well, here we are in a condo in Aspen for 3 weeks. As is normal for such rentals, the kitchen is pretty well-equipped but NO food at all is ...

I've been traveling and eating all my meals in restaurants (or just crackers and peanut butter or something like that). So I appreciated...

The terrace of the restaurant at Zion Lodge has a magnificent view of the cliffs that overshadow the valley. Besides the view, the restauran...

This squirrel was amusing the hikers this morning as he pulled seed-filled grass stalks towards him and munched away. We saw him on the trai...

The scenery here at Zion National Park is spectacular. The last rays of the sun were still shining on the highest parts of the steep walls w...

The holiday of Shavout begins this evening. The LA Times ran a very interesting article about foods for the holiday: " Shavout: A Feas...

We really enjoyed the burritos, quesadillas, enchiladas, and green and red salsas at Super Cuca's Taqueria, quite near our temporary hom...

Does anyone but me find it funny that the new government graphic of advice on what to eat looks like the one they used during World War II? ...

In this simple scene, painted around 1660, painter Pieter de Hooch depicts "A Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a Boy." Many Du...

After years of procrastination, we finally ate dinner tonight at In-N-Out Burger. We never got around to it during our stay in San Diego in ...