Odd Buff

Mohammad Mohiedine Anis, 70, smokes his pipe and listens to music in his destroyed bedroom in Aleppo.

U.S. President Lyndon Johnson listens to a tape sent by Captain Charles Robb (his son-in-law) from Vietnam (1968)

The calm after the storm in Yosemite, CA.

My poor kids always have to wait till I take a pic before we eat. Prime sirloin, 129f seared in cast iron.

Brisket with a savory smoke ring and cubed burnt ends

Culturally different brothers in Burma.

Troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900. Left to right: Britain, United States, Australia,India, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Japan.

Jenny Packham Autumn 2013.

Drove 6 hours in traffic and ran 2 miles with my camera gear just to have 30 minutes of sunset at the Gateway to Heaven. Worth it. 

Steamed pork dumplings in a sweet chili sauce garnished with ribbons of scallions.