This recording from 2006 features Jason Castonguay on vocals, Carl Knox on tenor saxophone, Henry Lugo on bass and Vinnie Sperrazza on drums. I wrote the song and play piano on it. The other vital piece of information is that it is not autobiographical! Yes, I shop in health food stores and yes, my wife…
Continue ReadingThis rich but relatively uncomplicated dessert is somewhere between a pudding and a cake (the top layer becomes spongy/cakey) and unless you dislike citrus and/or tangy desserts, you are very likely to enjoy it. At least virtually everyone to whom I have served it has dug it and come back for more.
Continue Readingmy personal highlight reel from Charles Lloyd’s catalog through the years.
Continue ReadingThis is a very simple and very tasty vegan pesto that accomodates the produce limitations that many of us endure through the winter.
Continue ReadingThoughts (and feelings) on today’s adoption . . .
Continue ReadingJ.B., Rev. Al, Bobby “Blue”, Brother Ray and 6 more . . .
Continue ReadingSlow and steady. The tortoise has got it goin’ on. And even if the hare has a good day, it’s probably due to having taken “turtle steps” along the way to develop that ability.
Continue ReadingHere are my top 10 songs from MTV’s first few years that seem to have been all but forgotten even by those with nostalgic memories of that era.
Continue ReadingThis entry begins a series of posts about different sorts of kitchen calamities and the corresponding lessons. In honor of the forthcoming holiday season, the first entry focuses on two meals that helped me learn how NOT to cook for a special event.
Continue ReadingI love Stevie Wonder so much that coming up with a Top 10 list for him is really hard – hard to even know how to approach it. So I have ultimately decided on approaching it as the top 10 tracks I cannot imagine living without.
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