Food in Art and Art in Food

Tastes and Temptations: Food and Art in Renaissance Italy by John Varriano is like a banquet of fascinating concepts. I felt, when reading it, as if I have been waiting for such a book to tell me many things I wanted to learn about the relationship of food and art!Italian Renaissance cookbooks and b…
Kugel

Challah Kugel at kugel-making lesson, January 29,Jewish Women's CirclePotato kugel. Lokshen kugel or noodle kugel. Challah kugel. Apple kugel. Yerushalmi kugel. Vegetable kugel. Rice kugel. What do they all have in common? As with almost any Jewish question, every suggested answer to this question h…
Wordless Wednesday: Food for the Lorikeets

San Diego Zoo, Lorikeet House (unknown child)MiriamAlice and MiriamAlice…
Sunday Brunch

Sunday Brunch at Gabi'sYesterday my book group met to have brunch and discuss the book Memoir of the Sunday Brunch by Julia Pandl. The brunch was delicious and the discussion was lively; however, most of us had serious reservations about the book. In my opinion, shared by several others, the book wa…
"On Such a Full Sea"

The New York Times review on January 2 described Chang-Rae Lee's novel On Such a Full Sea as "a wonderful addition not only to Chang-rae Lee’s body of work but to the ranks of 'serious' writers venturing into the realm of dystopian fantasy." The reviewer compared it favorably to similar novels by Ma…