Friday, June 17, 2005
Dieting in Restaurants
Since I returned from Europe, I have been on a diet. And it’s about time. I have inflated to a size I cannot bear. How did this happen? Easy. For two years, I sat and wrote and edited a book instead of going to the gym. Simple as that.
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Saturday, June 11, 2005
NYC Food for Father's Day
If you don’t have a copy of my new book yet, this weekend you have two opportunities to purchase an autographed copy and come say hello to me.
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Sunday, June 5, 2005
Restaurants in Verona
These are the restaurants that I took my group to in Verona, and the menus we ate. I can’t say I wasn’t a little nervous about them. I had made all these meal plans through research and recommendation, talking on the phone, faxing back and forth. I haven’t been to Verona in 15 years. Fortunately, I have several American friends who go regularly to Verona for VinItaly, the wine fair. Fortunately, I just bought this year’s editions of all the big Italian restaurant guides. Fortunately, I have Italian friends here and there who had to put their two cents in. Most fortunately, I have Iris Carulli as my operative in Rome.
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