Genoa on my mind
It's been over a week since I left the jungles of Heathrow for the sanctuary of San Francisco. And I still find myself thinking about the ease of dining on the Italian Riviera. Genoa might not register much more than a blip on the world culinary radar, but it easily...
About the Masthead Photos…
The glassy silver sea at the top of my homepage this week was glimpsed just beyond my favorite sandstone cliffs. Nests of the beautiful cepphus colomba are now stocked with aerobatic babies there. Smell the salt air?
Riviera Dining
Frutti di mare - "fruit of the sea" - Italian really does have a zesty way of describing the world. Well, seafood - especially calamari, octopus and shrimps - was on every menu I found during my trip to Genoa and the Italian Riviera last week. The first night, I...
First Thoughts on Genoa
It will take another week to sort through all of my tasting notes from the recent week in Genoa, but I can state my case in a single word — pesto. Here on the beyond beautiful Ligurian coast of Italy, pesto isn't remotely like the rather tedious glop of green-tinged...
Yes, Portofino is as beautiful as
you've always thought. Think of the most beautiful piece of California coastline. Now compress it, steepen the hillsides, intensify the blue-green of the water, add truly tasteful shops and a scattering of outdoor cafes. A castle on one overlook, a chapel on another....
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.