Author Archives: Naomi

News about food and lack of

Posted on April 11, 2026 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: A Florida priest received more than $500,000 in fines for feeding the homeless; a man in Toronto stole 91 tubs of ghee; hundreds of pounds of unrequested French-onion dip arrived at restaurants across Philadelphia; and a … Continue reading →

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Paths crossed: Joe’s Lives

Posted on April 9, 2026 by Naomi

There once was a Greenwich Village restaurant called Joe’s, which a couple of times upon a time flowed through several lives. Here is its tale: During all the years of Joe’s existence, I lived a couple of blocks away so … Continue reading →

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Intimate dementia

Posted on April 6, 2026 by Naomi

Dementia. The word of the decade, maybe, but before it displayed itself as an awful management problem for the entire world, it was an intimate agony in private worlds. Some years ago I was sitting in a booth at my … Continue reading →

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