Sadly, the recipe was one that my late cousin Gail had offered to the cookbook project. Gail and I spent a lot of time together as kids as her family and my family were about the only ones that lived in my hometown, most of the other cousins lived about 30 miles away. She was alwa...
When her parents were finally contacted to take her home, Carla’s mother arrived in a fur coat, fully embracing a life of luxury, looked at the girl and said, “That is not my daughter. I have no daughter.” More loss and abandonment. Carla never forgave her mother, and she never l...
I usually make a trip to my parental home in June and July when Hari has his annual break. This year, my break extended to a forced vacation when I had dengue like viral fever (all the symptoms of dengue, with a drop of platelet count but dengue showing negative in blood tests).Â...
byScott W. Clemens|Mar 22, 2023|Wine & Spirits,Wine & Spirits blog In 1994 I was invited to the Annual Blessing of the Grapes at the Robert Mondavi Winery in Oakville. Robert and his sons Tim and Michael escorted their guests into the To Kalon Vineyard next to the winery, where we dr...