reprinted from the Covid Issue of #figchronicles Do a quick search on Instagram for Covid art and you will twirl your way down the rabbit hole for hours. Hmmm, I actually have hours to do just that. Street art is present in almost every large city. As once crowded areas…

After ten days of sheltering in place, I finally started to clean out my home office and found this letter I had written back in 2016. I am still trying to remember what was happening at that time and why I was inspired to write this. Regardless, it seems appropriate…

Singapore — One of my most pleasurable eating/drinking experiences in Singapore was at the Hawker Markets selecting fruit for my fruit juice du jour. One day I ordered a juice of papaya, lime and watermelon. The papaya was so luscious that I went back fifteen minutes later for an order of sliced papaya. No wonder the lines were so long.

tasting spring — Carrot Soup, Fava Bean Pistou Serves 6 For the soup: 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 small yellow onion, chopped 2 celery stalks, chopped 1 leek, white part only, cleaned and chopped 2 shallots, diced 4 garlic cloves, crushed 2 pounds carrots (about 6 carrots), chopped Salt and white pepper to taste ½ cup heavy cream…