Friday Food Writers: Anthony Doerr
Four Seasons in Rome is novelist Anthony Doerr’s account of the year he spent in Rome (on a Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy–jealous, anyone?) with his wife and twin baby boys, trying to write a book, trying to learn Italian, and often, trying to figure out how to get food for his growing [...]
Hello, San Diego! Please tune in, drop by, etc.
Apologies for the lack of posting here. Having a newborn (and then flying across the country with him and his older brother) will do that to a person. I’ve been managing to keep up somewhat on my Facebook page and my Twitter account, but I’m still waiting for life to settle down a little bit [...]
At sea
Things have been somewhat insane in the land of Eating for Beginners these last few weeks–too much on too many fronts. I’ve been somewhat at sea when it comes to thinking about what to post here, so I’ve refrained altogether and in the process have missed out on commenting on everything from the bake sale [...]
Fall of the Wall
Today is the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the New York Times (among other places) has some great photos of Angela Merkel and other people walking across the bridge at Bornholmer Strasse, which was a major crossing point from West to East when the wall was up, and also the [...]
Berlin on My Mind
Today is The Cheese-Hater’s first day of preschool here in New York. Those of you who have been reading for a while may remember my posts about some of the things that went on at his fantastic school in Berlin, which we all loved. I’m pretty sure we’re going to love his new school, too. [...]
Cheese-Hater Newsflash
Last night, I had dinner with someone who has read my blog but whom I had never met before. (She happens to have a blog of her own, and to be newly engaged to a close friend of ours with a blog of his own. And yes, they met and fell in love via their [...]
Friday Food Writers: Mary Cantwell
Yes, it’s the return of Friday Food Writers! I’m out in California, native land of The German Professor (and beloved travel destination of The Cheese Hater, who seems to be a natural-born Californian in spite of having actually been born in the same New York City hospital as his mother….). I try not to bring [...]
Home Sweet Home
I am alive! And back in Brooklyn! It’s been weeks since I posted, and in that time we left Berlin, made a pit stop in England, and then crossed the ocean on the Queen Mary 2, which was quite an adventure. Among other things, I wondered over a five-course dinner every night whether it’s even [...]
Friday Food Writers: Frank O'Hara
Many apologies for the lack of posting lately. We’re preparing to leave Berlin and there are many logistics involving the packing of books and Legos and the eating of much salami and sausage before we head for Brooklyn. All of this has made me somewhat reflective on the events of the last year (and somewhat [...]
Dutch treat
Thursday and Friday of last week were holidays here in Germany. The Cheese-Hater was off from school, and though we swore a few weeks back that we’d stop traveling constantly and just enjoy the cheeseless spring and early summer here in Berlin, when we realized we’ll be back in New York about a month from [...]
