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PROLOGUE

CHAPTER ONE: HOW THIS CAME TO BE

CHAPTER TWO: WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE (IN OUR HOUSE WE TALK ABOUT FOOD)

CHAPTER THREE: IF YOU WIN IT (THREE STARS THAT IS), THEY WILL COME

CHAPTER FOUR: THE PLAN (WITH SOME THOUGHTS ON PIZZA AND SQUID THROWN IN)

CHAPTER FIVE: DRIVING TO MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, IS A LOT EASIER THAN DRIVING THE AMALFI COAST

CHAPTER SIX: MICK, ELVIS AND STING

CHAPTER SEVEN: HUNDRED DOLLAR BREAKFASTS

CHAPTER EIGHT: A NEW KIND OF GARBAGEMAN

CHAPTER NINE: WHY I HATE SHOPPING MALLS

CHAPTER TEN: SUPPORTING THE LOCAL FARMER (AND BUTCHER AND BAKER AND BLACKBERRY MAKER)

CHAPTER ELEVEN: LOTS OF RAIN, SOME WIND AND IDIOTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE POND

CHAPTER TWELVE: WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE CAPRI! (AND SHELTER ISLAND)

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: FOR THE LOVE OF PATE AND GULP...FOIE GRAS, TOO

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: DIGGER CONES, 'MONT AND RABBIT THREE WAYS

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: BEER, BURGERS AND ICE CREAM (BUT CHOCOLATE MOUSSE IS BETTER)

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: CEMETERIES ARE NOT JUST FOR DEAD PEOPLE

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: COOKING AND COMING FULL CIRCLE

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: WHY EXACTLY DID I NEED A WEDDING CAKE?

CHAPTER NINETEEN: MEAT FONDUE, CHEESE FONDUE BUT STILL HUNGERING FOR JULIA'S KITCHEN

CHAPTER TWENTY: A NEW YORK STATE OF (MEDIOCRE) WINE

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: AWESOME AUTO GRILL EATS AND BLISSFULLY WICKED WINE COUNTRY LUNCHES

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: THE BEST MEAL EVER?

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: AVOCADOS, SALSA AND KIND OF FEELING THE EMPTY NEST

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME (BUT IF YOU TRAVEL, THEY MIGHT NOT BELIEVE YOU'VE GONE THERE)

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: GOOD CHINESE FOOD AND TRULY AWFUL CHINESE FOOD (WITH SOME MEMORIES OF THE VERY FIRST ROAD TRIP THROWN IN)

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: GREAT BUILDINGS AND A COUPLE OF NAKED MEN

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: GLOBAL WARMING, SUMMER VACATIONS AND EATING LOTS OF REALLY GOOD FOOD

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: MENU OVERLOAD, SMALL PLATES TO THE RESCUE AND SOME THOUGHTS ON LOCAL RESIDENTS 

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: FROM NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA

CHAPTER THIRTY: THE SEX CHAPTER (WELL, KIND OF)

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: ALL KINDS OF ROSES AND BEING MARRIED FOR TWENTY YEARS

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: ON THE ROAD IN SPAIN AND ONE LAST NIGHT IN SENECA

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: THOUGHTS ON STEAK, MOVIES AND MY FAVORITE FRENCH BISTRO (IN CALIFORNIA)

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: SOMETIMES YOU GET WHAT YOU WISH FOR

EPILOGUE

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