Roy Rogers. The roast beef was too tough, but the barbecue sauce was sweet, and in the middle of a day-long road trip of shopping to make up for everything we’d run out of during the blizzard, it was everything I needed and more. (Photo: Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid.) >> February 1 << January 30

Fried oysters. I don’t know why but I never remember what they taste like and the first bite is always a surprise. We were at the Irish pub in the afternoon with a gathering of men who weren’t invited to a nearby baby shower. I guess you could call it a bachelor outing except I…

Flounder with chili sauce at Nava Thai. Our friends were moving away (very sad) and so we celebrated their new chapter in life with plum wine and gin and several platters of Thai food. Chicken with egg noodles and gravy, or whatever they mean by gravy in Thailand. (Photo: Rabbit Ears Pass, Colorado, 2012.)  …

Thinly sliced chicken breasts, baked with onions and lemon sauce. This is one of the dishes Viet likes to make a lot and I was grateful to have it, since for most of the day I’d eaten nothing but garden veggie straws from Costco. As best I can tell, these are little more than pellets of…

Turkey tacos with sriracha. Paired with Martini & Rossi sparkling wine: rose-colored with a taste of peaches. It had been five days since the snowstorm and I felt like a turkey taco. (Photo: Mexico City, 2007.) >> January 28 << January 26