Published stories in alphabetical order with link and brief recap. See “Recipes” page with links to stories, photos, and how-tos.

• A Guest Room Under the Porch one Colorado summer with an uninvited young buck in residence
• A Mountain Gem for 70 Years ode to the iconic Meadow Mountain Cafe in Allenspark, CO
• An Egg in the Coffeepot Swedish egg coffee and life lessons from a stone farmhouse in Ann Arbor, Michigan
• The Poetry of Space create poetry in the way you live, anywhere in the world
• The Baba au Rhum Affair dessert love affair leads to obsession & break up
• The Coleman House 180 year-old farmhouse and family memories all updated
• Babies and Rice So Very Nice grandmother hormones kick in with care and feeding of new parents & first babe
• Bags of Laughter a utilitarian/recyclable gift causes all day laughter
• Becoming a Casual Animal favorite son-in-law dreams of craft brewery & builds it
• Begin With Russian Dumplings Russian New Year eating, drinking and partying in Latvia, explained
• Berry Best Summer Sangria booze & berries in a glass on a sweltering summer day
• Brave Enough a young poet laureate, a brilliant recitation, and the power words hold
• Bugling Elk and Sacred Spaces cabin in the Rocky Mountains where family, friends, and elk run through it
• Carolina On My Mind blue ridge mountains, long time friendship, bourbon and brisket
• Champagne: “Tasting the Stars” anecdotes of Dom Perignon, Champagne, & what’s not to love about all of it?
• Cocoa Cake With My Curry, Please American born in India cooks curry, chocolate cake, & saves life of family gecko
• Comfort Food for Cal older cousin leans in to bland tastes, me to chili and spices–to each our comfort food
• Cow Seduction leaving France and missing Norman buttah!
• Fabio Meets Brownies Cocaine mother’s gift of “5-Minutes of Peace” repaid with brownies–not cocaine
• Foxglove & Oreos on the Camino hiking to “the end of the world” on centuries old camino trails in Spain
• Frozen Euphoria ice cream and children are the most companionable companions
• French-splaining American Thanksgiving American Thanksgiving from the French point of view & best homemade dressing ever
• Gare de Lyon and Le Train Bleu Paris train station belle époque elegance & M.F.K. Fisher story telling lore
• Garlic and Girlfriends TGIFs–the best food and the best of friends mixed with wine and unwind
• The Grown-up Table art of the dinner party demystified and why guests are never allowed to clean up
• Guest Ready Sweetness memorable caramel bars, double chocolate brownies & s’mores bars for company
• Hack #1: Making Perfect Rice where you only need an index finger
• Hack #2: Relishing the Radish salt, butter, & radishes–a first-course in France
• Hack #3: The Hard Boiled Egg make a perfect one
• Hack #4: Care About Cast Iron “how-to” care for vintage iron pans and why you must fall in love with them
• Hack #5: Finally, The Best Salad Dressing Ever NYC resto recipe tweaked at home and becomes the one
• Hack #6: Quarantine Comfort Food pandemic discovery of decadent grilled cheese with buttery caramelized onions
• Hellenic Halloumi grilled halloumi cheese, friendship and memories of living in Cyprus
• High Winds Coronavirus stimulates strong desire to dust off camping skills even in inclement weather
• Home is Where You Are, Even Overseas stories of Singapore jungles & friends & finding home anywhere
• Kindle Some Candlelight in the dark season light up the night with a lot of candle etiquette
• La Bonne Rentrée in Paris ritual return to eccentric Parisian flea market after the summer holidays
• Leaving Paris and Hemingway insider history and tour of Hem’s Paris haunts including Ritz Hotel Bar
• Letting Go in Latvia international marriage, a pagan tradition, and the necessary “letting go” of children
• Libby’s Lessons in Lauzerte all-day-exercise “boot camp” balanced by food and wine luxury in France
• Living Both Sides of the French Coin French bureaucracy attempts to ruin the day but loses
• Looking Back to the Present 2015 Paris Terrorist attack and the aftermath in Strasbourg’s Xmas market
• Love and Layers of Lasagne cross cultural international love story breeds new family favorite recipe
• The Lowly Leek from Boring to Sublime French women diet on mushy leeks, but better ways to eat them
• Max and the Beanstalks master home gardener, and friend, talks growing and pickling beans
• The Memorable Not-So-Great Birthday mother/daughter birthday mis-adventure in German fasting clinic
• Million Mile Stories Hong Kong rooftops, a nightmarish landing & sleeping child who aborted a takeoff
• More Than Just an Egg Sandwich the egg sandwich meets philosophy
• My Brief Stint With the CIA fact, fantasy or simply a life lesson in the art of conversation?
• My Market Street in Paris, everyone has a “poste de observation” [favorite café] to watch and be watched
• My Favorite Kind of Teenager teen-age nieces & a forever memory day in New York City
• Mussel Memory déjà vu trip seeking mussels & street waffles in Brussels
• Ode to My Paris Kitchen favorite kitchens in Paris and Colorado become havens during pandemic times
• Of Twins and ‘Tinis twins in twos, martinis best at one
• People Who Pull the Magic Out of You the kind of friends to stick with
• Rain Happened  spur-of-the-moment late summer picnic in RMNP ends in spectacular fanfare
• Rocky’s Meadow Mountain Cafe tribute to Rocky St. John & her legacy cafe in Allenspark, CO
• Scottish Highland Liquid Sunshine quotes for whisky lovers, story of black whisky & a verra fine holiday
• Secret Eating eating something all by yourself is about more than just the food
• Sex in a Pan not literally, but mostly for women only
• Shrooming in Latvia annual forest fête with Russian in-laws and a tailgate lunch in the palm of my hand
• Simply Sally American in Paris teaches me to wow French neighbors with homemade picnic fare
• Sipping Avocado Margs in Summer Estes Park, Colorado ritual found only at Ed’s Cantina. “Get in there!”
• Spoons and Cookies wooden spoons as generational legacy & best choc chip oatie cookies in the world
• Sunshine on the Back of Your Knees folk cure for jet lag, or not
• Taiwan Green Marble Pesto dinner party mishap makes memorable meal and much laughter
• The Train from Paris to Avignon centuries old pope’s palace & provincial baked camembert in a rainstorm
• Transcendent Picnics perfect afternoon picnic leads to food epiphany in Taiwan’s Yangmingshan Park
• Treize-A Baker’s Dozen, Paris food, ambience & a place where they know your name
• Two Non Cooks Saved by the Brazilians humiliated by World Cup defeat, Brazil wins first prize with non-cooks
• The Unexpected in Normandy 70th Anniversary of D-Day in France–unexpected memories happen
• Wait Twenty Minutes Then Add Salt homemade pizza dough secret from an Italian mama’s son
• We All Need the Eggs Tennis/Hewitt family “how to” build an Easter Egg Tree & create global community
• Will Our Children Know & Care About June 6, 1944? guest author reflects on meaning of WW II D-Day
• Winning–At What Cost? op-ed, 2016 presidential election, the only one I will ever write
• You Say Jam, Nico Says Confiture young French boy reveals conversation-stopping ritual with jam & bread