ODE to Joy The Moors arrived on the Iberian Peninsula from North Africa in 711 AD, establishing a civilization known as al-Andalus, which was ruled by a series of caliphates for over 400 years. On...

Champagne de Saint Gall Union Champagne is a winemaking co-operative based in the village of Avize. Champagne de Saint Gall is the name of the Champagnes produced by Union Champagne. Founded in 1966, it comprises...

  CRAB FEST -CODA & EPILOGUE: Decapoda Brachyura  "To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art!" — Grimod de La Reynière  Decapoda Brachyura Serotonin is a neurotransmitter in the brain, sometimes referred to as...

  CRAB FEST -ACT FIVE: Guillotine Gastronomy  “The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star.” ― Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Let them Eat Crab! When he...

  CRAB FEST -ACT FOUR: The Claw Who Came to Dinner  “Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are.” ― Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin  The Claw at the Table Born into a wealthy family,...

CRAB FEST -ACT THREE: Shedding Shells "Crab and sea snail are both rare creatures to me." — The Venetian Lagoon, (1786) -Goethe Expat-istentialism Thinking about Rabbi Abraham Twerski’s comment that, ‘times of stress are times that...

  CRAB FEST -ACT TWO: A Crab at the Dentist “Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.” -Jean-Paul Sartre ‘Pour-Soi’ & ‘En-Soi’ Crabs even found their way into Sartre’s formative work on existentialism,...

  "One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating." -Grimod de la Reynière Crustaceans and Alsatians One evening, a...