Chris Nordquist
The boxes arrived yesterday. Last week my college roommate John and I spent a few days in Palm Springs –an annual tradition going back more than 10 years now. Our agenda isn’t ambitions (lounge by the pool, cocktails, dinner, sleep, repeat), but I usually also manage to rouse myself to do a little shopping. Besides […]
I think this dish gets a bum rap. These days it seems to be regarded at best as a guilty pleasure and at worst as a case of wretched excess. To be fair, many renditions of this Italian favorite (probably Roman, and of relatively recent origin) are just too much of a good thing –the thin […]
Many years ago, when I was returning from a business trip to London, my luggage was loaded into the taxi, I got in, and we just sat there at the curb. After a while, I asked the driver why we weren’t leaving for the airport. He replied, embarrassed, “Oh, Sir, I’m so sorry. With all […]
This is a repost of a seasonal favorite recipe for entertaining. These little salads were such a hit at Julia’s first birthday party that we served them at her second. Recently we celebrated our daughter Julia’s first birthday with a small cocktail party at our New York apartment. (Julia worked the room, blew out her […]
This is one of our favorite weekend lunches. It has a wonderful fresh, mediterranean flavor, and you can make it in minutes from just a few ingredients you’re likely to have on hand. People don’t often think of mint for savory dishes, but here it adds a freshness that’s a delightful complement to the rich, […]
“Is this your first trip to Marfa?” our landlord for the weekend asked. It was, we answered. “Well, I don’t think it’ll be your last.” I think she’s right. As soon as we learned that David’s brother Seth would marry his fiancee Lizzie in Marfa, Texas, David (always thinking ahead –small town, big wedding) jumped […]
We’ve just returned to New York from a delightful family wedding in Marfa, Texas. (Julia turned in a fine first performance as a flower girl as her uncle married a native daughter of that magically beautiful part of West Texas.) A recipe with a Southwestern flavor, therefore, seems in order. This is a quick and […]
Week before last it was hot in San Francisco. Not just hot for chilly San Francisco, but hot for anywhere, with temperatures over 100F and not the slightest puff of Pacific breeze to cool us off in the evenings. (There are a few days a year that remind you that San Francisco is at about […]
A couple of weekends ago, it was just the three of us for the weekend in Southampton. No house guests, no dinner guests, nada. We enjoyed the peace and quiet (or as much as peace and quiet as you can have with a two year-old), and on Saturday evening after Julia went to bed, David […]
