America Loves Salads

America Loves Salads, GuildAmerica (Doubleday), New York, 1993, author.

The New Foods

The New Foods, Camille Cusumano, Henry Holt, New York, 1989, author.

Tofu, Tempeh, and Other Soy Delights

Find this out-of-print but never out-of-date book from Rodale Press, 1984 at Amazon.

Rodale’s Basic Natural Foods Cookbook

ed. Charles Gerras; writers Camille Cusumano and Carol Munson, Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA, 1983. To be a good cook and to use any cookbook with confidence, you must understand the basics of food preparation. Find Rodale’s equivalent of the whole foods Joy of  Cooking at Amazon.

Tango, an Argentine Love Story Endorsements

TANGO: an Argentine Love Story is a “spicy travel memoir of a woman who loved, lost, got mad—and decided to dance.” “Tango is a remarkable addition to contemporary dharma literature. It reads like a thriller, a romance, and above all it shows the redemptive potential of a sincere spiritual practice.” —Sylvia Boorstein, PhD, author of […]

Kent Island, Washington Post

Washington Post – Kent Island (101 column) – original here. When the Going Gets Tough, Get Off Route 50 Spend some traffic-free time on Kent Island, Md. including Terrapin Beach. (Photos Courtesy Queen Annes County Office Of Tourism) Sunday, July 9, 2006 Next time you’re sweating it out in Chesapeake Bay Bridge traffic between the […]

Around the world on a dance floor

I plan a trip to Paris, a city I love. It’s not the Louvre or the Left Bank, though, that draws me back this time, but a dance. I shoot off an e-mail to tango teacher Jean-Sébastien Rampazzi and hold my breath until he replies: “Yes, I can see you for a private lesson at la Casa del Tango.”

Musings as I prepare to leave Buenos Aires

As my days here in Buenos Aires are numbered, I notice everything the way I did when I first arrived nearly four years ago. The flower vendors that hunker down on crowded sidewalks, are once again a novelty. The way they festoon their booths with fragrant bouquets, the way they burn incense to lure you […]