Like many noncooks, I have a distinct yearning for the taste of yester-year. Martha has compiled a cookery book of recipes that appeal to our palette as well as our memories. I hate recipes where I have to know what is what and where to find it and which wine to serve with it. All [...]
Chocolate Consumption The chocolate industry is an $8 billion-a-year business. The United States is the world’s leader in the production and importation of chocolate candy. Most women in the United States prefer to get chocolate instead of flowers, especially women over the age of 50. In the U.S., females 30 to 39 years old and [...]
I woke up to the crowing of an overzealous rooster, and with the sweet musky odor of Catharina in my nostrils, I opened my eyes, only to find Catharina staring at me with a sensuous smile, supporting her head on her elbow, her legs entangled with mine. The evening before we spent in what the [...]
Ronald told me he planned to travel to Nice on the French Riviera, and we hugged and said goodbye at the elevator of Catharina’s place. At ten in the morning the apartment was already filling up with a most curious mix of people, all friends of Catharina, and all seemingly happy and excited to see [...]
The first bird sounds made me aware of the breaking of dawn. Ronald slept deeply, and out of earshot, rolled up in his sleeping bag. I felt hung over from passing a sleepless night, and had an ominous feeling that something weird was about to happen. Still I was somehow charged with new energy from [...]
