Gourmet chocolate bar must be savored slowly
I am currently obsessed with a milk-and-dark chocolate bar
Time to cork the column
Well, it’s the end of the road. After three years and more than 50 columns, it is time for me to say goodbye. What started out as a dare from my best friends when I was in between jobs turned into a passion for recognizing and promoting our local wineries.
Seoul food
In an atmosphere where the din of clamoring forks and plates rises slightly above the conversation with servers bustling back and forth in traditional dress, the familiar aroma of grilling meats fills the air and fuels my primal instincts.
‘A Christmas Carol’: An old chestnut with a new vigor
“The Nutcracker,” “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “How The Grinch Stole Christmas,” even “Mr. Magoo” and “Sesame Street” are traditional Christmas theatre toddies. But you must add “A Christmas Carol” if you haven’t already. This delightful and charming story by Charles Dickens is served up with our Christmas turkey every year somewhere, someplace, everywhere in the world.
Windows can be a major hazard for birds
I am enjoying my morning coffee when I hear a sickening thud and the sound of something lightly sliding down the kitchen window. The window shakes ever so slightly. Before I can even look up from my newspaper, I realize a bird has struck the window. Looking outside, I see a trembling, dazed mockingbird on the walkway below. Fortunately, he is on his feet. I watch him for a few minutes to be sure none of my neighbor's cats, who claim my yard as their own, find him. In a few minutes, thankfully, he is airborne again—hopefully wiser about windows and no worse for wear.
Like father, like son – when it comes to laundry
People warn you when you become a parent that your children will
