Apologies to those of you who tried to pay a visit to'Serge the Concierge' between Thursday, April 17 and early Wednesday, April 23... TypePad, the publishing platform we have used since March 2005, was the victim of repeated denial of service attacks....From what I gathered some internet bandits use that kind of tactic to extract a ransom from companies by attacking them. Not sure if that was the case in this instance. Bottom line, because...

Miss traveling, grab a copy of A Mouthful of Stars (Andrews McMeel, May 2014) by Kim Sunee. Kim takes us on a whirlwind tour of her favorite recipes from her favorite places around the world. Salad of Roasted Cherries with Burrata Serves 4 I TASTED BURRATA—A FRAGILE, DELICIOUSLY creamy cheese from Puglia made with leftover mozzarella scraps and filled with fresh cream—years ago while traveling in Italy and never thought much about it, probably because...