Instead of a cool break with a refreshing soda on the stoop, now it's up and at 'em with noncolas that claim to boost everything. As tomato season wanes, I can get a little melancholy. One way is to pledge allegiance to the breweries of the United States of America.
Pretty food belongs in restaurants.
It is the anticipation that sucks you in, starting with the nose-twitching aroma of pimento wood coals and then the rush of saliva at the promise of a tantalizing treat that can make your eyes tear. 2001 Peanut butter is perhaps one of the most universally loved convenience foods of our time. Put it together with a few staples you can have on hand and some seasonal fresh vegetables. In Bari and Cormons, in Bologna and Rome, in Venice and Naples, there's a place where everyone knows your name, your political persuasions, your grandmother's favorite color and where your dog takes an afternoon siesta. The other night, as I was eating a completely luxurious supper of salmon ladled with a very herby cream sauce, I felt as though I had all the answers to why salmon is a super-popular fish.