Chris Nordquist
For followers of the foodie calendar, it’s ramp season. These tender wild leeks appear for a just few weeks in spring, get overexposed in the food press and on seasonal menus, and then vanish completely for the rest of the year. Don’t be put off by the hype, though. If you run across ramps in […]
Chartreuse liqueur. 130 different herbs, plants, roots and leaves go into this vividly flavored (and colored) liqueur made by Carthusian monks in the French alps. Delicious to sip after dinner or mix into cocktails like The Last Word. Suede Driving Shoes by Car Shoe. In bright, fun colors as spring turns to summer. Bonobos Pool […]
I realize I’m rushing the season for this sort of drink, but we had a brief flash of summer last week in New York, and it reminded me of a drink that I made a few weeks before during our spring break in sunny Palm Springs. It’s light and refreshing, and it’s delicious with or […]
Tazza d’Oro Coffee Shop, Rome. Bright, noisy, crowded, a little kitschy and mercifully unrenovated, it’s probably my favorite coffee shop in the world. It’s just steps from the Pantheon and often packed with tourists, but don’t be put off: it’s the real deal. The coffee (and granita di caffe in warm weather) are sublime. “Ruska” Stoneware […]
We love it. It came in early and under budget –a rare bird in the world of interiors– but most importantly, when we unrolled it late one Tuesday night (I couldn’t wait until morning), we knew it was perfect, or at least perfect for us. A lot of the credit for this — for the […]
