Leah Eskin

The damsel once again succumbs to distress. Perched at the edge of the raw bar, exploring the depths of a bowl of Madagascar shrimp, she is met with an unexpected...

You expect the houseguest. You expect to feed the houseguest. It entertains hostess and guestess alike. Thinking strategically, you settle on the sandwich: patient enough to endure traffic delays, comforting...

I visited Paris recently. I made straight for Max Poilaine, the bakery, and even met Max Poilaine, the baker. I toured a dozen other pastry shops, stopping to honor the...

We're keen on the celebration. Birthday. Friday. National Eat Your Vegetables Day. So recently, when a real holiday came around, we got busy plotting. Actually I was locked out of...

My landscaper, being 8, brings a strong sense of style to his work. Eschewing the standard garden cliche, such as the plant, he focuses on a single ornamental feature: the...

Aebleskiver isn't part of my vocabulary. Able, perhaps. Skivvies, now and then. Aebleskiver, never. Nonetheless I recently acquired an aebleskiver pan, on purpose. It looks like a round griddle, something...

ttle League isn't about winning; it's about fun. That's the official line, pitched up and down the park system. Post-season, however, it's all about the burgers. Once the final hand-slaps...

Germ theory has its proponents, like germs. And its opponents, like the rest of us. Their team, obviously, is winning. Germs are stupid, the young and afflicted complain. And yet,...

Lunch counts as successful if the lunchbox comes home empty. But it's hardly surprising that Alice Waters--the renowned chef and owner of Berkeley's Chez Panisse, the person we have to...

Nine months in a lace-trimmed tent fosters humility. Which may offer apt--if premature--training for the job ahead. Fortunately the miracle of stretch fabric, a few daring designers and the big-bellied...