The Flexitarian Cook

“I raised to my lips a spoonful of the cake . . . a shudder ran through my whole body and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary changes that were taking place.” Marcel Proust   As a child, I used to vacation with my father’s first cousin Nina, at her house in the small village [...]

I have been on hiatus for a couple of weeks, due in part to a busy schedule but also to a lack of inspiration. Much as I love to cook, I simply hadn’t been much in the mood to be in the kitchen, and so I have simply been waiting for the urge to strike [...]

Act I: We were going to a friend’s house for dinner last night, and the word was that we should bring dessert – a small price to pay for what was yet another feast. At first, I was in the mood for something chocolate, for two reasons: one, I’m always in the mood for chocolate [...]