At the end of yoga class our instructor would guide us through a meditative experience. We slowly climbed down a ladder to a quiet place inside ourselves. Once there we moved ourselves to the most comfortable place we could imagine. I guided my mind past beaches and gentle breezes, past […]
Three years ago I woke up on Valentine’s Day, a Sunday, and grabbed my copy of Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which had spent the better part of a year next to my bedside. Deciding it was high time I learned to make a soufflé, I turned to the […]
Jamón is Spanish for ham. But it is so much more. Jamón Serrano is common, cured, Spanish ham. That, of course, is like saying that Prosciutto is just common, cured, Italian ham. It is rich, salty, gamey and cured longer than Prosciutto – over 18 months. Jamón Ibérico is cured […]
