After having made a post recently in anticipation of this year’s Yukon River salmon season, I received some sad news about this month’s openings. Alaska Fish and Game agents moniter the fish heading into the river and will only approve an opening of the commercial fishing season if and when there are enough salmon making [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 21, 2008
On the Road: New York City
Lucky me. I seem to hit New York City at its most memorable extremes. My previous trip was February 2007 and there was a blizzard. I was wearing heavy boots, dressing in layers and leaping over mountains of snow at each curbside. On this recent trip, by contrast, I was treated to a heatwave, 95 degrees at least during my last [...]
June 19, 2008
Tastelessness
No judgement here. This isn’t about a person’s lack of fashion sense nor someone else’s questionable “did you hear the one about…” humor. Right now I’m eating a bowl of breakfast cereal that is familiar enough that I feel like I’m tasting it with each spoonful. The crunch and texture help me believe that it’s any [...]
June 11, 2008
Glorious Wild Salmon
This is a post I hesitate to start because, like gin below, salmon is a subject near and dear to my heart. It’s hard to not follow various tangents and tell lots of stories about my experiences with the glorious fish once I broach the subject. I’ll take it as a personal challenge to try and [...]
June 4, 2008
Gin Dandy
One of the best monikers that’s ever been given to me is that of “gin connoisseur.” I wrote a review of a really engaging, informative little book called The Joy of Drinking by Barbara Holland, which appears in the current spring issue of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture. My friend and colleague, Darra Goldstein, is the [...]
