In front of Rickshaw Dumpling Bar (my second restaurant) with my street bike. I ride that everywhere through rain, snow, anything.

With my two dogs, Mochi and Adzulci (rice and beans), agesd 8 and 7 respectivley and both shi tzus.

With one of my best friends, Lisa Leo. She worked for me way back at Maxim's and owns a cab company in the Bronx. We couldn't come from more different backgrounds, but have a great time together.

With Ed Nash, my longtime regular costumer and friend at Annisa

With Lisa and her two friends.

Annisa hallway

Edie and Suzanne in the Annisa kitchen- they're both cooks

My dogs Adzuki and Mochi wrote their names in the sidewalk outside Annisa

Jennifer Suism, co-owner ????

Me with Lisa Goldman (left) and Melissa Joachin- friends and owners of Tour de Forks- a culinary travel company. I am leading one of their tours to South Africa in Sept '10

Jen's dog, Bella the border terrier

Adzuli and Mochi by the pool

Backyard garden (vegetable garden on raised beds) and orchard (sour cherry, plum, pear...)

Back of house and pool

The kitchen

Inside the refridgerator

Front of the house

A quick light lunch of garden radishes (my best friend, Laurie, brought the seeds back from France) with tuna, garlic, anchovy, and lemon

The boathouse at the neighbor's

The boathouse again, from the bayside

Me with just caught bluefish

Bluefish, cooked