Nancy Lowell has spent a lifetime loving, eating, cooking, learning and reading about food. She has owned a small restaurant in Delaware County, New York, a catering business in New York City, worked for fifteen years for Whole Foods Market, and served Breakfast at Tiffany’s during her time working in corporate dining.
Do I need a cognitive test? The current POTUS claimed proudly that he was able to repeat a sequence of five words; person, woman, man, camera, TV, and boasted about getting extra credit for repeating them in order. I sincerely doubt that those somewhat related words were the five he was asked to recall, but […]
Autumn in New York Autumn in New York should be gorgeous, which is nice because that’s where I’ll be spending it this year. You are probably almost as surprised as I was to discover this. Then again, we are past the time of shock and surprise. We’re now in the era of everything changes faster […]
A fleeting glimpse As I pass the restaurant, from the corner of my eye I catch sight of a woman in a straw hat. When I turn my head and see her hat, glasses, and mask, she seems both alien and familiar. She looks old, well, older. It’s a hot day. I feel the heat […]
Summer isn’t quite over When I was a kid the first day back at school meant a ‘how I spent my summer vacation’ essay. I doubt that any of those essays delved into either the physical changes and emotional growth that we experienced over those summer months. That was the real story that none of […]
I don’t believe in bad luck Though I don’t believe in bad luck or good luck for that matter, I’m starting to feel like a character in a Lemony Snickett story. Lately, it seems as if the world is conspiring against me, and it’s making me a little edgy. I’m not waiting for the other […]