Not long ago I opened my freezer and found, just to the left of the ice cubes, a container of frozen pasta sauce. This is not an unusual occurrence for me, an Italian cook adamantly opposed to wasting food, but this particular sauce happened to be special: I made it...

The surprising thing I've found in my recent experiment with internet dating -- (besides the fact that practically every available man in Staten Island, Northern New Jersey, and Western Long Island, but few in New York City, where I live, wants to date me) -- is how many men wish...