There are times when the perpetually blue skies and sunny weather of Los Angeles make me very happy. In fact, I would say that is the cas...

Happy October! This is the month when many of us get into the kitchen in a serious way. With the holidays coming up and all the lusci...

Every now and then a book comes out that you know is something special. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry is that kind of book. It truly ...

The garden on the morning of our party Thursday is the first day of fall but here in Los Angeles we're still hanging onto summer....

As soon as we hit September, the cultural calendar heats up. And one of the best events I have gone to recently was a screening of the ...

Monks House Sussex, England -- October, 2013 With fall right around the corner (and it can't get here soon enough for me!), I h...

It's not too often that I think about the prologue to a book. In fact, sometimes when I am in a hurry to begin a book, I skip it. But...