This afternoon we saw a remarkable exhibit of Chinese woodblock prints all dating to the past decade. I was especially impressed by this ima...

Last night I saw the BBC film "The Trip." The title should really be "The Ego Trip" because it's all about two borin...

First, here's a graphic that's getting a lot of attention, just published by The Environmental Working Group , a Washington lobbying...

In the Guardian food blog: Food writing, glorious food writing The author, Sarah Crown, describes the use of food by a number of authors...

Sherman Alexie's story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven is a collection of brief glimpses of Indians (his term...

Lemon with notes of ginger and strawberry candle holders...

In the 1960s, commercial images of food inspired the Pop Art movement to depict food in a completely different way from the artists that p...

It's well known that in his early days in Paris Picasso was often hungry, maybe even offering paintings in exchange for something to eat...

We're home again from our long trip out west. And I'm again looking at the topic of how artists (maybe not many of them) have pursue...

The New York Times today published the obituary of George Lang , a cookbook author and an impressario of restaurants, most famously the Caf...

Happy picnic day: don't forget to check Louise's blog for a complete list of 26 picnic foods in alphabetical order! My post, A-Apri...

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...