“Let the dishes be fewer in number, but exquisitely chosen.” ~Brillat Savarin A bento box is a Japanese lunch box, in Japan called ‘o-bento.’ The first time I was served lunch bento style was about six years ago at a restaurant in the Mall of America called “The California Cafe,” which, sadly, is no longer…
Rochester Post Bulletin Article
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Here is a link to the article about my books on the Rochester Post Bulletin site.
The Mysteries of Tea
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photograph by Jeffrey Placzek “Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage.” ~Catherine Douzel Back in 1995, soon after Jeff and I got married and were still living in our apartment in White Bear Lake, something magical happened that changed me forever. Jeff had a job at a little coffee shop on Washington Square in…