If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you; if you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. The Great Work of Your Life ... Read More...
Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza
Patience is indeed a virtue when it comes to making good bread. There are few aromas more comforting and enticing then that of freshly baking bread and in Portland, few places better to find ... Read More...
The Art of the Restaurateur
At age twenty-nine, Nicholas Lander became the proud owner of L’Escargot, a London restaurant that had fallen on hard times. So began his journey into a world he would come to love and a group of ... Read More...
Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible
For those who know me, my objectivity in reviewing Tim Gunn’s new book Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible, is likely to be called into question as I have made numerous not-so-subtle remarks about my deep ... Read More...
Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
This is the first time (and I hope the last) that I am reviewing a book published posthumously. Christopher Hitchens was a British writer, journalist and public speaker; a highly intelligent man with ... Read More...