April 2010

Since we’re in Marrakech, I thought I’d repost a recipe for one of my favorite, and easy, Moroccan-inspired dishes.  We’ve been eating some amazing food this week, so I’m sure there will be many more Moroccan food posts after we return.  (Btw, the picture to the right is the view from our balcony.) What’s makes […]

Television Easel

April 10, 2010 · 5 comments

When we were planning our kitchen and family room in Southampton, we just avoided the issue of where to put the TV.  We knew we wanted one — for after dinner movies and for watching the news or Ina Garten (or now the Wiggles DVDs) while making breakfast or dinner, but we never really focused […]

Yesterday Julia and I were at our place in San Francisco, having returned the night before from our second annual Easter weekend in Palm Springs. (My partner David had to return to New York Sunday night.)  Last year we rented a great midcentury modern house, but this year we were guests of our friend Keith […]

This delicious Turkish-inspired dip is a little strange, but it’s wonderful.  It looks like the familiar red pepper hummus (and there’s nothing wrong with that), but the flavor is completely different:  sweet and tangy, almost sour, with moderate heat. It’s great with pita chips, crackers or celery sticks as a cocktail snack, and it transforms […]