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BARBERINO-TAVARNELLE, ITALY— Is it possible that one can fall in love with a town? I love my hometown of Hattiesburg, Mississippi— deeply— and can’t see […]
READ MOREBARBERINO-TAVARNELLE, ITALY— Is it possible that one can fall in love with a town? I love my hometown of Hattiesburg, Mississippi— deeply— and can’t see […]
READ MOREPETROGNANO, TUSCANY— A few months after my wife and I started dating, she wanted me to meet her grandmother. We set out on the road […]
READ MOREBARBERINO-TAVERNELLE, TUSCANY— There’s a big difference between a tour host and a tour guide. A tour guide goes through rigorous training for a particular city, […]
READ MOREROME— If 2022 had a personal theme created specifically for me, it would be decorated in the green, white, and red of the Italian flag, […]
READ MOREYesterday I entered my 62nd year on the planet. The thing about turning 61 years old is that I thought I would feel differently at […]
READ MOREThis morning I read a Business News Daily article that listed the most stressful jobs in America. Enlisted military personnel came first, firefighter, second, and […]
READ MORENEW YORK— I first came to the city sometime in the mid-1960s. My grandparents lived here. My father had recently passed away, and my mother […]
READ MOREFor the majority of the 23 years, I have written this weekly column, the primary focus has been on food and restaurants. In 2011, a […]
READ MOREFor the past 23 years, I have written a 1,000-word column every Monday morning. Always early in the morning. I haven’t missed a week. Ever. […]
READ MORE“To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.” – William Faulkner “Work hard and be kind and amazing things will happen.” […]
READ MOREIf I carried a business card, there would be a lot of job titles listed on it— restaurateur, author, producer, columnist, writer, cook, designer, documentarian, […]
READ MOREForty years ago, I worked my first shift in a restaurant. It was almost the first hour, of the first shift of the first day […]
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