Perhaps because I’m spending time on trains and in tunnels lately, perciatelli was the pasta I reached for today when I realized I had beautiful guanciale from Formaggio Kitchen and fresh eggs from this morning’s Union Square Greenmarket—a carbonara waiting to be made. For a simple lunch for one, start by cooking a third of [...]

This morning my spoon sails in and out of chocolate bread pudding from Formaggio Kitchen, the gourmet shop in Cambridge where Charcutier (what a beautiful title) Leah Mojer crafts housemade rillettes, pâté, and a guanciale I could not resist when I visited on Friday. I was in town for my last event with Knight Foundation, [...]

Something about Cambridge in the fall—the colorful leaves, undergraduates attempting to look morose in careful layers of (let’s acknowledge it, plaid) clothing, cadenced conversations rising from patios and bricked walkways—it feels as incredibly American as…apple pie ice cream from Lizzy’s on Church Street. A bit precious, maybe, but delicious. To follow that, I made a [...]