Milan Cathedral Plans Rooftop Concerts – ArtsBeat Blog – NYTimes.com Oh my STARS. My baby cousin Michael had to steer me along the rooftop, just for WALKING purposes. Imagine, being at a concert! (tags: Milan cathedral concerts)

Cultured Traveler – On Picasso

Filmtank – The Woman With The Five Elephants A friend in Switzerland recommended this film. To see sometime, somewhere. . . . (tags: films)

Recipe – Spicy Calamari With Tomato, Caperberries and Pine Nuts – NYTimes.com To try soon.

Brownie Points » Recipe: the best candied orange slices in the world I have read zillions of recipes for candied citrus this and that, and have tried most of them, swearing every time I would never try such a labor-intensive,…

Bacon and Cheddar Toasts: 2000s Recipes + Menus : gourmet.com These sound pretty darned good. (tags: recipes toast bacon cheddar gourmet)

not martha – Chicken Marbella An old favorite, sometimes prepared by me and by my friend Mary. Delicious. (tags: recipes SilverPalate chicken)

French in a Flash: Asparagus Parmesan Pain Perdu with Homemade Tomato Jam Oh my, even though it is asparagus on toast, this sounds awfully good. (tags: recipes asparagus painperdu) Visions and Revisions: an article by William Zinsser about writing and…

Ingredients for American Baking in Paris – David Lebovitz Should I take up baking in France. (tags: France baking DavidLebovitz) Chez Panisse Almond Tart Recipe – David Lebovitz Had to post this, not so much for the recipe, described as…