02.07.2011 Uncategorized Lombardi Column: Keeping North Fork safe for romantics Homeland Security should be notified. I say this because there are some folks on the North Fork leading a double life. That may sound a little James Bondish, but...
02.04.2011 Uncategorized Chef Column: Black Forest cake, with a cherry on top The stream that bubbles below, Like an incessant lyric, A monk’s chant in a monastery. The cherry tree hangs With bloom on its sagging boughs. Ah, to look at...
01.31.2011 Uncategorized Forward Living Column: Take a breath and face the unexpected Frank and I were heading to his daughter’s home for the evening. To save time, Frank suggested that we order takeout. I nixed the idea, saying that throwing together...
01.28.2011 Uncategorized By the Book column: Story of a savior It’s interesting how good books locate me. A friend suggests one, a book review stands out, a cover might catch my eye. My next-door neighbor brought over a bagful...
01.28.2011 Uncategorized Wine Column: Getting serious about pink Champagne The wine world is a funny place, driven by trends, fashions and critics playing favorites. In the past few years, once-maligned rosé wines have soared in popularity. Now the...
01.25.2011 Uncategorized Lombardi Column: She’s warmed by roadside firewood There they stand, lonely and cold, at the sides of North Fork roads. Sometimes snow-covered and assailed by winter winds. Scores of cars pass by, perhaps hundreds, before a...
01.18.2011 Uncategorized Wine Column: Speaking of terroir, enough is enough Every year at this time, I’ve looked forward to receiving a calendar from Kendall Jackson (aka KJ), that mega-winery based in Sonoma that turned a few hundred cases of...
01.17.2011 Uncategorized By the Book: Raise your butter beer to J.K. Rowling Start with an image of a single mother on welfare walking around Edinburgh, pushing a pram until her baby daughter falls asleep, then ducking into the nearest café to...