Food and Things

On Sunday, we drove out to our rental house in Southold on the North Fork of Long Island. When we pulled into Southold, the first thing we saw was the new Starbucks planted squarely in the middle of this small hamlet, which boasts New England frame houses and a homey feel. This is [...]

When I was a kid, I used to engage in endless arguments with my cousin, Jeff, about the relative merits of vanilla and chocolate. He was a vanilla guy; I was a chocolate gal. Still, for all that, I’ve never been much of a chocolate maven. Lately that’s changed as I’ve gotten to love — [...]