In an amazing turnaround, I’ve managed to put them all up online within less than 24 hours of my return home! Check out the Flickr set here. That, however, does not include the real highlight of the trip, which was a visit to the basement lair of Pistache d’Alep, a sweet shop in Aleppo, where [...]
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We had one at Peter’s godmother’s place in Chicago for “real” Easter. Photos are here. Man, we’ve been operating in the bush leagues. We still turn our crank by hand. Out in the Chicago suburbs, though, you just sit back and watch the spit turn itself, giving you more time to muse on man’s eternal [...]
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Back from Syria, overstuffed, exhausted and happy. More on this in a bit, but in the meantime, I’m finally caught up with my previous trip, to Spain–the photos from all over Granada and Almeria are up here on Flickr. Just a few phrases to get you excited about clicking over: aged manchego supermarket souvenirs creepy [...]
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I mentioned it back in the fall, but then I was just guessing at how enjoyable it would be. Now I know The Upper East Side Cookbook, by the lovely Parsley Cresswell, is the next volume to add to your shelves. Poor Miss Parsley. She feels herself losing her toehold in the society of the [...]
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I'm Zora O'Neill. I travel and eat. I'm a:
*Guidebook author for Lonely Planet, Moon and Rough Guides
*Co-author of cookbook Forking Fantastic! Put the Party back in Dinner Party
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