Champagne goes with everything. Sweet potato gnocchi, braised chicken thigh, radicchio, thyme, butter, Gruyère. #pastanight #champagne instagr.am/p/Cn3Gw0Qrk-d/

It’s awfully pretty here. #bringasweateritschile instagr.am/p/CoA9pqZvPQT/

Sunset above a sea of clouds. #patagonia instagr.am/p/CoBiO-ujdFM/

Fox, moon, mountain. #patagonia instagr.am/p/CoD3e6ZrG_v/

Black sand beach, sunset. Sleeping under the stars. #lastnightintown #cowboyflats instagr.am/p/CoQWk5aPjAW/

The path over the river. #tribe4 instagr.am/p/CoQYjomvzV5/

Ripe plums, hanging in an abandoned orchard. Small rewards. #tribe4 instagr.am/p/CoQZJZmPB-o/

Checking in for the night. You have to ask the host at the front desk for the courtesy puppy. #tribe4 #chacoknows instagr.am/p/CoQZZxoPy1u/

Dusk falls as we lounge in a jungle hot spring carved into the side of a mountain. All it needs is a better wine list, and I’m never leaving. #tribe4 instagr.am/p/CoTLmoMryDx/

A quick dip after a long walk. #tribe4 #patagonia instagr.am/p/CobWVjmO8Qm/

A three hour tour. #tribe4 #patagonia instagr.am/p/CobW0zYOdJO/

View from a high, green place. #tribe4 #patagonia instagr.am/p/CobXNkvO0SK/

Homemade sausage and onion deep-dish with decade-old Brunello from altesino - I know what boys like. #valentines #brunello instagr.am/p/CoyKCK9L9vN/

Trofie alla Genovese, with basil from my basement hydroponics workshop. Small rewards for Sunday supper. #pastanight instagr.am/p/Co3pGBJt3Fv/

TITLE: Grey Day Doing Admin at Home Still life, using flour. [sesame-semolina sourdough, cornmeal-molasses rye, and cinnamon namoura] #baking #sourdough #pastrychef #lebanesefood instagr.am/p/CpTBKFoPpwT/

Hand-rolled garganelli alla gricia, with guanciale, kale, garlic confit, and nearly toxic levels of black pepper to keep the blood flowing (while the grease slows it down). #pastanight instagr.am/p/CpT7ZuxD2VK/

Growing citrus is such a unique ebb-and-flow of patience and reward… bales of blossoms every cycle filling the house and garden with the most intense perfume, and then once a year, a bowlful of radiant jewels - just enough for a handful of small batc… instagr.am/p/CpWBX_ur6UE/

The longest of days beg for pasta-est of pasta. Fresh pappardelle with roasted mushrooms. #pastanight instagr.am/p/Cpl0LauLoZC/

A radiantly verdant pesto of cilantro, parsley, pistachio, and lemon, in praise of Persephone and the hopes that she hurry up and dispel this dreadful snow-rain and get on with spring already. #pastanight instagr.am/p/CprPCXwtVLp/

Rye puff pastry, laminated with cinnamon and vanilla bean sugar, pressed out thin and baked into caramel-crunch magic. Arlettes are the best. #frenchpastry #pastrychef instagr.am/p/CpsqIPYLFu8/