April 2005

My kitchen is enveloped in the scent of cardamom as I test the recipes for next month’s issue of Gastronomic Meditations. In fact, I’m not sure they make a Ziploc bag strong enough to contain its powerful aroma. This will not be a problem until it starts to give off the decadent perfume of musty sawdust, at which point I will probably have to bury it in the backyard. Perhaps I can put it next to the plot I have planned for the bird outside my window that simply will not shut up.

Every time I think Kelly Cline has outdone herself, she sends along another photo that sets me to swooning. The woman is killing me. :) She and I have such a wonderfully symbiotic sense of aesthetics — it’s as if she can read my mind when we discuss shots for upcoming issues of Gastronomic Meditations. Next month we will create a photo gallery to showcase her work, and I can’t wait for the world to know more about her. Food world, get ready to meet your next superstar.