Asian cooking

In today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel I interview Pat Tanumihardja, author of an upcoming book featuring Asian grandmothers and their recipes. Read it here: http://www.jsonline.com/features/food/52964812.html

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Inspiration help in The Writer Magazine

The August 2009 issue of The Writer contains a short piece I wrote about how to find inspiring color names when writing fiction. I suggest looking at what house paints and artist's paints are named. While the article is not available on the magazine's web site (www.writermag.com), I highly recommend perusing the web site as there are links to many other helpful articles that appear in the magazine.

Bungalow Revival

For REALTOR, the magazine for the National Association of Realtors, I wrote about my favorite housing style -- bungalows -- and how they are making a comeback. Read all about it here: http://www.realtor.org/rmohome_and_design/architecturecoach/articlearchive/0908_architecturecoach_bungalows?presentationtemplate=rmo-design/pt_articlepage_v1_print&presentationtemplateid=1b18c0004a12c9a4b7e1ffbdd1ec736f

need travel tips for Pittsburgh?

Then look no further than the city's residents! For the July 15, 2009, issue of American Way (the inflight magazine for American Airlines), I talked with some of Pittsburgh's movers and shakers about the best places to hang out. Read the results here: http://www.americanwaymag.com/nfls-pittsburgh-steelers-bill-flanagan-ryan-mundy-lindsay-patross-1

organic baking: mmmmm!

For today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel I chatted with Sarah Magid, a custom-cake decorator and baker in Brooklyn, N.Y., who is a fan of using organic ingredients. Her new book, Organic and Chic: Cakes, Cookies, and other Sweets that Taste as Good as they Look, tells you just how to make them!

Read my interview with her at: http://www.jsonline.com/features/food/50755177.html

touring Milwaukee's beers

Milwaukee is considered the "city of beer" for its many microbreweries -- all of which produce beer of excellent quality. For Wine Enthusiast's web site, and to coincide with this year's Summerfest (the world's longest-running and largest music festival), I wrote about how to taste your way through the city's breweries. http://www.winemag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=48AEE06B2A1E469783008B2C2FDF6227

two celebrity chef interviews

I recently interviewed two chefs for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Gale Gand (http://www.jsonline.com/features/food/45414362.html) and Hubert Keller (http://www.jsonline.com/features/food/46095282.html).