Alfresco Pranzo Lunch

The is nothing more decadent and fun to me than to sneak away to an outdoor cafe somewhere in the city where I can steal away a couple of hours to myself. It's my inspiration + idea time. It's an "artist date" with myself. A time and place to dip into the creative well and dream about all of the things I love and want in my life. {which usually involves food}


This week, I decided to take my artist's date at the High Museum. I could eat alfresco in a piazza courtyard designed by famed and favorite architect Renzo Piano, then go visit Monet's water lilies paintings on display in full bloom.



Lingering, lingering, lingering. Life's little luxury, if you can carve out the time.
Just as I was deciding to pack up and head to the museum, I smelled the aroma of Italian roasted coffee coming my way.
A cappucino, please.


{more lingering.......}

life's simple luxuries are sometimes the smallest of things.....especially if they are about eating good food and stealing away a few moments to dream.....


Buon appetito!
copyright 2009 Alisa Barry

Good Food is Sacred

For all the fun I have in the kitchen, one thing I know for sure, for me.


.................................good food is sacred.........................................


I know how priveledged I am to be able to put good food on the table.
I treasure the luxury of being able to shop at my local organic farmer's market for the best the season has to offer.
I appreciate mother nature's seasonal gifts of abundance that transform into an artful meal.

Some people like couture or cars or the big bling. {hey, I like it too!}
But what I choose to spend my dollars on is good food- for me, for my family, for my friends.

It is a way I can nourish and nurture. It's my maternal mantra offered to all who sit at my table.
It is my offering of generosity that hopefully makes up for other areas I might not do as well.

My kitchen is a place where anyone is welcome and all are invited.
Eating is an art and food can be part of an everyday ritual that provides sustenance, soulfulness and satiating for all that we crave.

When we all are running like the speed of life in this fast- paced world in which we live, remember to slow down.
Feed yourself well.

And, do come visit me more often......I will have a place set for you at my table.


Buon appetito!
copyright 2009 Alisa Barry