Jeffrey L Cohen

Jeffrey L Cohen

The Story of the Boss

One of rock’s greatest storytellers tells his greatest story. His own. I was a big fan of the Boss when I was younger. I had the cassettes of Born to Run and

Thin Skin

As fruit ripens the skin gets thinner. This is most evident for bananas. A green banana has the thickest skin. The skin thins out as it turns yellow, and gets even thinner as

Colorful Birds

Even though it’s the middle of winter I know that spring is on the way. I saw a red cardinal, a pair of red-headed woodpeckers, a goldfinch, a bluebird and a swarm

Too Heavy for Comfort

When I was about 12 years old I got stuck in an elevator in a NYC office building. On our trip to New York I told Deborah about this story. Karma interrupted our

Food of Old New York

We took a cultural walking tour in lower Manhattan with a variety of food stops. We ate fried plantains, bialys, sour pickles, pickled pineapple, Malaysian beef jerky, 2-hour old mozzarella, soppressata salami, parmigiano