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No season in New York is complete without a trek to Joe’s house, and aroma-tidbit time.“When do you want to come for geranium-jasmine cake?” he asked.Well, of course I answered as any sane person w

One summer, about 2006, I had the pleasure of visiting a Tuberose farm near Pune. Indian farm plots are quite small--this one was about an acre I think. Marigolds were planted along the edges, and

The last two years have been device-intense, and that's a mixed bag. On the one hand, aren't you glad we had it?  But enough already. Enough with the constant scrolling. Not only does it take our

Wow, we are at the end of 2021, and I feel like we should plant our flags in the loamy soil of our souls--our own personal moons. Were you sure we'd get here? This year was insane and so difficul

Welcome to our new website! It should be up some time after Black Friday 2021, and we've been doing COVID for just under two years. That should orient us. The new website will be easier and more conci