Sompong Seetha scattered a shovelful of hot coals atop the lid of a giant cooking pot to steam the rice. It was 5: A.M. Sompong a food vendor and the proprietor of a food stall in Bangkok had been up…
ASIAN FOOD VENDOR
Category: cooking
OLD TOWN GDANSK, POLAND
A SHORT VISIT TO OLD TOWN GDANSK, POLAND BY MARGARET MENDEL Arriving in Old Town Gdansk was an interesting experience. The city dates back a thousand years and is a collection of buildings and monuments designed in Gothic, Renaissance and…
A WEEKEND IN ROCKAWAY BEACH, NEW YORK
The Atlantic Ocean is only an hour and a half subway ride from where I live. The weather during the last couple of weeks in NYC had been miserably hot and humid. A friend invited my husband and I out…
AT LAST, SPRING IN NYC
How do I know it’s spring in NYC? Well, the pollen, the tulips and the leafing trees are a dead giveaway, but mostly I know it’s spring because the fruit vendor across the street is back again. This fruit vendor…
CINNAMON THE SWEET WOOD
ARTICLE IN KINGS RIVER LIFE MAGAZINE BY MARGARET MENDEL Today cinnamon is considered a common spice. But a long, long time ago the origin of cinnamon was a closely guarded secret and this spice was considered to be as valuable…
IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER
By MARGARET MENDEL It’s smack-dab in the middle of summer. New York City is miserably hot and sticky. And lately I’ve been writing so much my brain has gone numb. Even though my latest projects have been exciting and fun, enough…
MAC AND CHEESE SMACKDOWN
It was a beautiful Sunday, a bit cool, though the sky was a lovely clear, bright blue. It was a perfect day to head down to Greenwich Village and attend a Mac and Cheese Snackdown. When we arrived there was already a…
CRANBERRIES — AN ARTICLE IN KINGS RIVER LIFE
TODAY I HAVE AN ARTICLE ABOUT CRANBERRIES IN KINGS RIVER LIFE MAGAZINE. ALSO INCLUDED IS MY FAVORITE RECIPE FOR CRANBERRY-NUT-COCONUT BREAD. CLICK HERE TO READ THE POST.
HERCULANEUM
It’s the last week in October. That means soon there’ll be lots of ghosts and goblins walking the streets begging for sugary treats. The TV stations will replay classic vampire and zombie movies. Some intrepid epicureans will delight in eating…
I HAVE A SHORT STORY IN KINGS RIVER LIFE
Halloween is approaching. So, in line with this spooky season I have published a haunting short story on Kings River Life Magazine. Click here to read the story.