The pie came with our ancestors from Europe. But it has learned a lot from the Indians and the climate from being so long over here.

Mama had relatives in St. Louis. Family rumor was they had moved there with the invention of beer.

In the early 1900'S, when unlimited sums were spent on expansive living in England and on the Continent, the chefs who served in the kitchens of great estates were French, or at least French-trained.

Everyone knows that Americans have a sweet tooth. And I can add from experience that they have a very cold one, too.

During the short time that truffles, and others of the same sort, are in season, they are regarded with an appreciation that approaches reverence.

Cherries Jubilee is a beautiful name for a beautiful dessert. The better restaurants serve this wrapped in blue flame and steeply priced. $1.50 a portion or thereabout.

Few men live through the entire life of a celebrated establishment. But when the Ritz-Carlton in New York closes, that will be my status.

Rain or shine, spring's in the bones. Undeniable evidence at Ye Olde Herb Shoppe, 46 Dey Street, New York. Here are spring tonics for sale, the old-fashioned kinds made of bark, seed, and berry to turn into teas to quicken the blood....

There is probably some ancient reason, and doubtless a good one, for Carnaval's being the season in France for eating crêpes and beignets.