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Welcome to The Senses Report!  Here you will find sensory news and reviews as well as ways to engage your senses — of smell, touch, taste, wonder, place and play, just for starters — through food, wine, farming, fragrance, travel … Continue reading →

Yay!  I could not be more excited about what is taking place! Nathan Myhrvold (former Microsoft CTO, wine lover, master chef, pictured here on the cover of Wine Enthusiast), has just come out with a new six-volume set:  Modernist Cuisine: … Continue reading →

I was saddened beyond words to learn that the inimitable Ron Fonte, my first boss, had passed away right before the holidays. Here’s but one of what I believe will be many tributes to that amazing man. Ron lived life … Continue reading →

In honor of my first boss, Ron Fonte, and our Friends of WINE work together, I am reprising a few covers from “back in the day”…and the very rich mix of memories they stir. All I have to do is … Continue reading →

When UnderWoman ran into Pretty Ugly towards the end of Toy Fair, she asked: “Are we having fun yet?” “Lady! Does it look like I’m having fun?” In fact, UnderWoman was being facetious…and knows that the life of a walkabout … Continue reading →

The Senses Bureau and friends have been hard and fast at work on the wine trails of this world…all of which seem to find their way to New York at some point. First, a shout out to MMM Miguel Martin … Continue reading →

Hooray! November 19th heralded one of my happiest, hippiest Beaujolais Days, THANKS to the families Duboeuf and Deutsch, the brilliance of M. Young Communications, a gathering of great friends, Bistro Bagatelle’s fabulous food, and one of the finest Beaujolais vintages … Continue reading →

In Central Park, on Mother’s Day, after a solid week of rain, the lindens and lilacs are leafing and flowering out, and I am in a special state of Spring Giddiness reserved especially for this time of year. Several Springs … Continue reading →

Spring Giddiness By Rumi, as translated by Coleman Barks Today, like every other day, we wake up emptyand frightened. Don’t open the door to the studyand begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.Let the beauty we love be what we … Continue reading →