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French in a Flash: Tisane Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Verbena | Serious Eats : Recipes Cookies to try. (tags: cookies verbena French)

Dove la testa de Santa Caterina? This question, where is the head of Saint Catherine, was how I got my cousin and me to the dried-up head of St Catherine of Siena. Now someone has written a book about saint’s…

Milan Cathedral Plans Rooftop Concerts – ArtsBeat Blog – NYTimes.com Oh my STARS. My baby cousin Michael had to steer me along the rooftop, just for WALKING purposes. Imagine, being at a concert! (tags: Milan cathedral concerts)

Cultured Traveler – On Picasso

Filmtank – The Woman With The Five Elephants A friend in Switzerland recommended this film. To see sometime, somewhere. . . . (tags: films)

Recipe – Spicy Calamari With Tomato, Caperberries and Pine Nuts – NYTimes.com To try soon.

Brownie Points » Recipe: the best candied orange slices in the world I have read zillions of recipes for candied citrus this and that, and have tried most of them, swearing every time I would never try such a labor-intensive,…

Bacon and Cheddar Toasts: 2000s Recipes + Menus : gourmet.com These sound pretty darned good. (tags: recipes toast bacon cheddar gourmet)

not martha – Chicken Marbella An old favorite, sometimes prepared by me and by my friend Mary. Delicious. (tags: recipes SilverPalate chicken)

French in a Flash: Asparagus Parmesan Pain Perdu with Homemade Tomato Jam Oh my, even though it is asparagus on toast, this sounds awfully good. (tags: recipes asparagus painperdu) Visions and Revisions: an article by William Zinsser about writing and…