Stunning food on any budget. A visual culinary journey, with modern takes on classic comforts, international cuisine, and Canadian fare, all wrapped up in a charming blog-like format.

My first fulltime university position was as a laboratory technician in the computer center of Herbert Lehman College, a recently founded institution of higher learning in the Bronx that was formerly Hunter College's Bronx Campus. My appointment started on January 1, 1970 and that day was the beginning of fifty plus years at six public colleges in the City University and State University of New York. I went on to hold positions as computer programmer, director, dean and senior vice preside...