La Candelaria (Candlemas Day)

La Candelaria (Candlemas Day)

When I was doing research for my book, “Food from my Heart,” I uncharacteristically made a trip to Oaxaca in the winter. On every visit to this magical place that is my spiritual home, my first stop is the Benito Juarez market and a stall that sells all types of...
Mi Papi -José Martínez Solano

Mi Papi -José Martínez Solano

        Up until the time of her death my mother was complaining about my dedication in my first book,  Food from my Heart.  I wrote: ” To my mother who gave me my spirit, my father who gave me my soul, and my children who let me...
Barney Rosset Another Giant Is Gone

Barney Rosset Another Giant Is Gone

When Jamie Gillis, my long-time companion met Barney Rosset it was as if he had met God and he would always sit at his hero’s feet. As founder and editor of Grove Press, Barney almost single-highhandedly did away with censorship in the United States by...
My Mother’s Pantry

My Mother’s Pantry

My Mother’s Pantry Glistening by the light of a single bare bulb are jars of canned snails from France, saffron and baby eels from Spain, bamboo shoots and plum sauce from China, and grape leaves in brine from the Middle East. Picture these delicacies in the...