travel: cinnamon and midnight toasts… (helsinki)

~ My first trip to Finland was in 2005, when I took an overnight cruise from Stockholm to the ancient capital of Turku on the country’s west coast.  That day-stop – which only gave me enough time to run through a museum (the copy of the haunting, self-portrait of Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck that I bought there still […]

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travel: cinnamon and midnight toasts… (helsinki)

~ My first trip to Finland was in 2005, when I took an overnight cruise from Stockholm to the ancient capital of Turku on the country’s west coast.  That day-stop – which only gave me enough time to run through a museum (the copy of the haunting, self-portrait of Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck that I bought there still […]

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rumination 9: chef signal…

Chef Signal Every so often, a chef goes off the grid, underground, M.I.A.  Not even the fairly trusty chefdb knows their whereabouts. Batman has his Bat Signal, so I’m pulling out my Chef Signal. Where is Dave Racicot? In 2006, I had the immense pleasure of having two meals, back-to-back, at Aqueous at the Nemacolin […]

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rumination 9: chef signal…

Chef Signal Every so often, a chef goes off the grid, underground, M.I.A.  Not even the fairly trusty chefdb knows their whereabouts. Batman has his Bat Signal, so I’m pulling out my Chef Signal. Where is Dave Racicot? In 2006, I had the immense pleasure of having two meals, back-to-back, at Aqueous at the Nemacolin […]

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