Spoonfeeding Casanova

It's still August, but strangely enough we've had a few chilly and rainy days in Virginia.  I love wedding soup (and had an ama...

It's well into peach season in Virginia, and I'm a sucker for a good peach pie (or for any good pie, really).  And the farme...

My favorite thing about New York in the summertime?  The cold borscht--served only seasonally--by the Polish and Russian restaurants in...

On a cold July night in Amsterdam, I ate dinner at a little restaurant called La Falote , serving traditional Dutch food prepared by th...

After a nearly month-long trip through Western Europe, the Balkans, and a final stop in Hungary, I've returned to America.  First ord...

Perfect for your Independence Day feast or any other hot summer night, this smoky burger is a scrumptious meeting of barbecue sauce, ba...

Almost 100 years ago, my great-grandparents immigrated to America from Sicily, across the ocean and through Ellis Island.  My great-gra...