Category Archives: Sandy’s Table

It’s wonderful to be relieved of responsibility of preparing a Sunday repast. On an Autumn day, leaves drifting downward in the crisp air, having a man frog on hand to labor in the kitchen is a good thing. And today Richard Parker … Continue reading →

I have been beating the drum for years on the ease of pairing wines to the “comfort food” dishes that we enjoy everyday. For example, go to that “small place”, a bistro or café, off the beaten path, say in France, … Continue reading →

The great 19th Century French writer and gastronome, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, once penned (and I’m translating), “If you take all the meatloaf recipes extant and place them end to end you would be able to circumnavigate the globe three times.” Is it too … Continue reading →

Liu Xiang, the great scholar during the Han Dynasty wrote: “You can’t deny the change in seasons.”  And so it is when we move from frigid days of Winter, we make a necessary sojourn to the intermediate period of Spring, … Continue reading →