Books

• I Gheribizzi di Muzio Oddi, transcribed and edited by Sabine Eiche, with contributions by Sabine Eiche and Alexander Marr, Urbino: Quattroventi, 2005 (View cover)
• Presenting the Turkey: The Fabulous Story of a Flamboyant and Flavourful Bird, Florence: Centro Di, 2004 (View cover and read summary)(Read review excerpt)
• Il barco di Casteldurante all’epoca dell’ultimo duca di Urbino, Urbino: Quattroventi, 2003 (View cover)
• Ordine et officij de casa de lo Illustrissimo Signor Duca de Urbino (ms Urb.lat.1248), transcribed and edited by Sabine Eiche; introduction by John Larner with contributions by John Law, Allen Grieco and Sabine Eiche, Urbino: Accademia Raffaello, 1999 (Read my description of the manuscript in English) (View cover)
• Il Giardino di Santa Lucia, Urbino: Accademia Raffaello, 1998 (View cover)
• La villa di Monteberticchio, Urbania: Biblioteca e Civico Museo di Urbania, 1995 (View cover)

Children's stories

• "Brunelleschi and His Dome," The Florentine, vol.5, 104, 18 June 2009, p.16 (Read poem)

Articles

• Secondary author with Anthony M. Cummings, "Nino Pirrotta's Early Music-Critical Writings," Studi Musicali, vol. XXXVII, n. 2, 2008, pp. 253-337
• "La Libreria Ducale a Casteldurante," La Libraria di Francesco Maria II della Rovere a Casteldurante, ed. Mauro Mei and Feliciano Paoli, Urbino: Quattroventi, 2008, pp.83-86. (Read article)
• "Henry Hare, Lord Coleraine, and his Visits to Italy," The Pelican Record, vol.43, n.1, December 2006, pp.79-84 (Read article)
• "La biblioteca di Francesco Maria II della Rovere a Casteldurante," in Collectio Thesauri, ed. M. Mei, Vol.I/1, Florence: Edifir, 2005, pp.171-172 (Read article in English)
• "How we got the bird," BBC History Magazine, December 2003, pp.20-22
• "Il barco ducale di Casteldurante nei disegni della Biblioteca Vaticana," in I Della Rovere nell'Italia delle corti, Urbino: Quattroventi, 2002, Vol.II, pp.167-179
• "Gaetano Piccini e gli Albani," in Papa Albani e le arti a Urbino e a Roma, Venice: Marsilio, 2001, pp.86-88
• "Read all about it," BBC History Magazine, May 2001, pp.24-26
• "An unknown drawing for Seravezza," Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, vol.44, 2000, pp.353-355
• "Gherardo Cibo: some more pieces to the puzzle," Notizie da Palazzo Albani, vol.22-29, 1993-2000, pp.161-163
• "An unidentified drawing by Palladio," Apollo, June 2000, pp.22-26
• "The Duke of Urbino's Villa Imperiale: Observations on the facade," Apollo, March 2000, pp.28-35
• "Prince Henry's Richmond: The Project of Costantino de'Servi," Apollo, November 1998, pp.10-14
• "Il Palazzo ducale di Urbania," introduction to Urbania Casteldurante Museo Civico, Bologna: Calderini, 1998, pp.VII-XVI
• "I Della Rovere mecenati dell'architettura," Pesaro nell'età dei Della Rovere, vol.III/1, Venice: Marsilio, 1998, pp.231-263
• "On the layout of the Cesi Palace and Gardens in the Vatican Borgo," Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, vol.39, 1995, pp.258-281
• "Un dessin inconnu de Jacopo Zucchi pour la villa Médicis," Revue de l'Art, 108, 1995, pp.61-64
• "Giambologna's Neptune Fountain in Bologna: newly-discovered letters from 1565," Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, vol.38, 1994, pp.428-429
• "The Belvedere Court," The Renaissance from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo, London: Thames and Hudson, 1994, pp.508-509
• "The Villa Madama," The Renaissance from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo, London: Thames and Hudson, 1994, pp.561-564
• "An unknown document and drawing for the cathedral of Urbino," Studi per Pietro Zampetti, ed. R. Varese, Ancona: Il Lavoro Editoriale, 1993, pp.180-182
• "A new look at three drawings for Villa Madama and some related images," Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, vol.36, 1992, pp.275-286
• "Fossombrone Part II: Il Giardino and La Piantata outside Porta Fano," Studi di Storia dell'Arte, vol.3, 1992, pp.145-157
• "Fossombrone Part I: Unknown Drawings and Documents for the Corte of Leonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, and her son, Giulio della Rovere," Studi di Storia dell'Arte, vol.2, 1991, pp.71-89
• "Prologue to the Villa Imperiale Frescoes," Notizie da Palazzo Albani, vol.20, 1991, n.1-2, pp.99-119
• "Girolamo Genga the Architect: An Enquiry into his Background," Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, vol.35, 1991, pp.317-323
• "Gaetano Piccini's Drawings of Urbino," Notizie da Palazzo Albani, vol.19, 1990, n.2, pp.87-106
• "July 1547 in Palazzo Farnese," Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, vol.33, 1989, pp.395-401
• "Architetture sforzesche," Pesaro tra Medioevo e Rinascimento, vol.II, Venice: Marsilio, 1989, pp.269-303
• "The Mausoleum Plan of Galeazzo Maria Sforza," Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, vol.32, 1988, pp.547-553 (with Gregory Lubkin)
• "The Sforza Antiquities: Two Wills and a Collection," Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, vol.31, 1987, pp.162-167
• "The Villa Imperiale of Pesaro," House and Garden (UK), August 1987
• "La corte di Pesaro dalle case malatestiane alla residenza roveresca," La Corte di Pesaro: storia di una residenza signorile, ed. R. Valazzi, Modena: Panini, 1986, pp.13-55 (View cover)
• "Cardinal Giulio della Rovere and the Vigna Carpi," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol.45, 1986, pp.115-133
• "The Villa Imperiale of Alessandro Sforza at Pesaro," Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, vol.29, 1985, pp.229-274
• "Towards a Study of the Famiglia of the Sforza Court of Pesaro," Renaissance and Reformation, vol.9, 1985, pp.79-103
• "Le Basiliche e il loro doppio: le sei tavole di Augsburg," Roma Sancta: la città delle basiliche, Rome: Gangemi, 1985, pp.47-51
• "Towards a Study of the Palazzo di Monte Giordano in Rome: A Plan by Orazio Torriani," Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, vol.29, 1985, pp.190-196
• "On the Background of Pomarancio's S.Nicola da Tolentino Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory (S.Agostino, Pesaro) and a Drawing of the Villa Imperiale," Renaissance Studies in Honor of Craig Hugh Smyth, Florence: Giunti Barbèra, 1985, vol.2, pp.191-201
• "Francesca Maria II della Rovere's Delizia in Urbino: The Giardino di S.Lucia," Journal of Garden History, vol.5, 1985, pp.154-183
• "Francesco Maria II della Rovere as a Patron of Architecture and his Villa at Monte Berticchio," Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, vol.28, 1984, pp.77-108
• "On the Dispersal of Cardinal Bembo's Collections," Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, vol.27, 1983, pp.353-359
• "Federico Zuccari and Federico Barocci at Loreto and Urbino," Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, vol.26, 1982, pp.398-400
• "The Artist in his Studio by Jan Vermeer: About a Chandelier," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, vol.99, 1982, pp.203-204
• "The Return of Baldassare Castiglione," Burlington Magazine, vol.123, 1981, pp.154-155
• "The Vedetta of the Villa Imperiale at Pesaro," Architectura, vol.8, 1978, pp.150-165

Reviews

• Fritz Barth, Martial Signifiers. Fortress Complexes by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Stuttgart and London: Edition Axel Menges, 2011, in Burlington Magazine, vol.154, 2012, pp.586-587
• Daniela Lamberini, Il Sanmarino. Giovan Battista Belluzzi architetto militare e trattatista del Cinquecento (Arte e Archeologia. Studi e Documenti 30), 2 vols., Florence: Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki, 2007, in Burlington Magazine, vol.151, 2009, pp.775-776 (Read review -- opens in new window)
• Janez Höfler, Der Palazzo Ducale in Urbino unter den Montefeltro (1376-1508). Neue Forschungen zur Bau- und Ausstattungsgeschichte, Regensburg: Stell & Steiner, 2004, in Burlington Magazine, vol.143, 2007, pp.491-492
• June Osborne, Urbino: The Story of a Renaissance City, London: Frances Lincoln Ltd., 2003, in Renaissance Studies, vol.18, no.4, 2004, pp.618-621 (Read review)
• Paolo dal Poggetto (ed.), I Della Rovere, Milan: Electa, 2004, in Burlington Magazine, vol.146, 2004, pp.570-572
• Peter Schatborn, Drawn to Warmth, Zwolle: Waanders, 2001, in Apollo, March 2003, p.57
• Lisa Oehler, Rom in der Graphik des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts, Berlin: Mann, 1997, in Apollo, May 2001, pp.57-58

Newspaper articles

• "To be a bee," Richmond News, online edition April 8, 2023 (Read article)
• "Are we living Aesop's fable of the hare and the tortoise?," Richmond News, online edition March 25, 2023 (Read article)
• "The Mediterranean diet and the Mediterranean way of eating," Richmond News, online edition March 11, 2023 (Read article)
• "Taking stock of our senses," Richmond News, online edition February 25, 2023 (Read article)
• "It's all about numbers," Richmond News, online edition February 11, 2023 (Read article)
• "Noise smothers sound," Richmond News, online edition January 28, 2023 (Read article)
• "The dilemma of the original human product," Richmond News, online edition January 14, 2023 (Read article)
• "Outside the box," Richmond News, online edition December 31, 2022 (Read article)
• "Santa, whose tune are you dancing to anyway," Richmond News, online edition December 17, 2022 (Read article)
• "We exist in a context, and it's important," Richmond News, online edition December 3, 2022 (Read article)
• "The peerless pear," Richmond News, online edition November 19, 2022 (Read article)
• "Blue is a many splendored thing," Richmond News, online edition November 5, 2022 (Read article)
• "What's so bloomin' wonderful about herbs anyway," Richmond News, online edition October 22, 2022 (Read article)
• "The lawn way down," Richmond News, online edition October 8, 2022 (Read article)
• "The archives, where history comes to rest," Richmond News, online edition September 24, 2022 (Read article)
• "A bid to refine the meaning of heritage trees," Richmond News, online edition September 10, 2022 (Read article)
• "Rites of August," Richmond News, online edition August 27, 2022 (Read article)
• "What goes app must come down," Richmond News, online edition August 13, 2022 (Read article)
• "Keep your cool," Richmond News, online edition July 30, 2022 (Read article)
• "Dirty surprises," Richmond News, online edition July 16, 2022 (Read article)
• "A little bird taught me," Richmond News, online edition July 2, 2022 (Read article)
• "What's there to be scared of," Richmond News, online edition June 18, 2022 (Read article)
• "Worldwide shortage of the milk of human kindness," Richmond News, online edition June 4, 2022 (Read article)
• "See bird fly, see bird eat," Richmond News, online edition May 21, 2022 (Read article)
• "Stop, look, and pay attention," Richmond News, online edition May 7, 2022 (Read article)
• "Where have all the neighbours gone," Richmond News, online edition April 23, 2022 (Read article)
• "I really don't know crows at all," Richmond News, online edition April 9, 2022 (Read article)
• "Surfeit of obfuscation," Richmond News, online edition March 26, 2022 (Read article)
• "Bird nests 101," Richmond News, online edition March 12, 2022 (Read article)
• "Please hang up," Richmond News, online edition February 26, 2022 (Read article)
• "We have to get SPCT: Serious about the Prevention of Cruelty to Trees," Richmond News, online edition February 12, 2022 (Read article)
• "An annoyance of ads," Richmond News, online edition January 29, 2022 (Read article)
• "Mind-boggling marvel in a shell," Richmond News, online edition January 15, 2022 (Read article)
• "What's beneath our feet," Richmond News, online edition January 1, 2022 (Read article)
• "Our house in Burkeville 65 years ago," Richmond News, online edition December 18, 2021 (Read article)
• "Speaking in gestures," Richmond News, online edition December 4, 2021 (Read article)
• "Sizing up size," Richmond News, online edition November 20, 2021 (Read article)
• "The many roles of the bench," Richmond News, online edition November 6, 2021 (Read article)
• "To make do," Richmond News, online edition October 23, 2021 (Read article)
• "Rights for the voiceless," Richmond News, online edition October 9, 2021 (Read article)
• "Mowed to measure," Richmond News, online edition September 25, 2021 (Read article)
• "The dilemma of feeding birds," Richmond News, online edition September 11, 2021 (Read article)
• "Holy Mackerel!" Richmond News, online edition August 28, 2021 (Read article)
• "The bird's-eye view," Richmond News, online edition August 14, 2021 (Read article)
• "When a traffic jam becomes a sweet treat," Richmond News, online edition July 31, 2021 (Read article)
• "Back to the roots of profit," Richmond News, online edition July 17, 2021 (Read article)
• "When summer vacations were DIY," Richmond News, online edition July 3, 2021 (Read article)
• "The trend to mend," Richmond News, online edition June 19, 2021 (Read article)
• "Behold the birch," Richmond News, online edition June 5, 2021 (Read article)
• "How we can enrich timelines," Richmond News, online edition May 22, 2021 (Read article)
• "The Sundays of yesteryear," Richmond News, online edition May 8, 2021 (Read article)
• "Attitudes to architecture," Richmond News, online edition April 24, 2021 (Read article)
• "Give birds a space of their own," Richmond News, online edition April 10, 2021 (Read article)
• "Points of view," Richmond News, online edition March 27, 2021 (Read article)
• "Concrete cemented its role in history already in ancient times," Richmond News, online edition March 13, 2021 (Read article)
• "We can all be stewards," Richmond News, online edition February 17, 2021 (Read article)
• "The Miyawaki miracle," Richmond News, online edition February 13, 2021 (Read article)
• "When light becomes too much of a good thing," Richmond News, online edition January 30, 2021 (Read article)
• "There's no half-way when it comes to dressing up," Richmond News, online edition January 16, 2021 (Read article)
• "That comforting smell of old books," Richmond News, online edition January 2, 2021 (Read article)
• "A Christmas without precedent," Richmond News, online edition December 19, 2020 (Read article)
• "Day in day out with the birds," Richmond News, online edition December 5, 2020 (Read article)
• "What's necessary could be enough," Richmond News, online edition November 21, 2020 (Read article)
• "A garden is for all seasons," Richmond News, online edition November 7, 2020 (Read article)
• "For unity, take diversity, add love, mix well," Richmond News, online edition October 24, 2020 (Read article)
• "Nature, the first teacher," Richmond News, online edition October 10, 2020 (Read article)
• "Out with the old trash, in with the new," Richmond News, online edition September 26, 2020 (Read article)
• "Sit and watch it happen," Richmond News, online edition September 12, 2020 (Read article)
• "Manifestation of hope," Richmond News, online edition August 29, 2020 (Read article)
• "These virulent times," Richmond News, online edition August 15, 2020 (Read article)
• "The point of aphids," Richmond News, online edition August 1, 2020 (Read article)
• "Seeking continuity," Richmond News, online edition July 18, 2020 (Read article)
• "Up in the trees," Richmond News, online edition July 3, 2020 (Read article)
• "The 'Whispering Giant'," Richmond News, online edition June 20, 2020 (Read article)
• "A vital balancing act," Richmond News, online edition June 6, 2020 (Read article)
• "Simple soap is safest," Richmond News, online edition May 23, 2020 (Read article)
• "Who are the baddies in the yard?" Richmond News, online edition May 9, 2020 (Read article)
• "Don't let the pandemic keep you from keeping fit," Richmond News, online edition April 25, 2020 (Read article)
• "Cabin fever is curable," Richmond News, online edition April 11, 2020 (Read article)
• "Feeling overwhelmed, seeking refuge," Richmond News, online edition March 28, 2020 (Read article)
• "No vaccinations yet but plenty of cancellations," Richmond News, online edition March 14, 2020 (Read article)
• "We're plagued," Richmond News, online edition February 29, 2020 (Read article)
• "What romance is all about," Richmond News, online edition February 14, 2020 (Read article)
• "We need words in order to see," Richmond News, online edition February 1, 2020 (Read article)
• "Eye to the sky," Richmond News, online edition January 18, 2020 (Read article)
• "A tale of two hankies," Richmond News, online edition January 4, 2020 (Read article)
• "The alternative tree and its ornaments," Richmond News, online edition December 21, 2019 (Read article)
• "Today’s stuff is tomorrow’s junk," Richmond News, online edition December 7, 2019 (Read article)
• "Raving about radicchio," Richmond News, online edition November 23, 2019 (Read article)
• "Where steps lead," Richmond News, online edition November 9, 2019 (Read article)
• "The spin on spiders," Richmond News, online edition October 26, 2019 (Read article)
• "The shape of the world," Richmond News, online edition October 12, 2019 (Read article)
• "Too late to wait," Richmond News, online edition September 28, 2019 (Read article)
• "A skill as ancient as we are," Richmond News, online edition September 14, 2019 (Read article)
• "Childhood then and now," Richmond News, online edition August 31, 2019 (Read article)
• "An afternoon at the Farm Fest," Richmond News, online edition August 17, 2019 (Read article)
• "Some solutions grow on trees," Richmond News, online edition August 3, 2019 (Read article)
• "Cheep entertainment," Richmond News, online edition July 20, 2019 (Read article)
• "The fabulous fennel," Richmond News, online edition July 6, 2019 (Read article)
• "Aiming for zero food waste," Richmond News, online edition June 22, 2019 (Read article)
• "The first 'R'," Richmond News, online edition June 8, 2019 (Read article)
• "On foot from Burkeville to Marpole," Richmond News, online edition May 25, 2019 (Read article)
• "Crow characters," Richmond News, online edition May 11, 2019 (Read article)
• "The Peace of Weeds," Richmond News, online edition April 27, 2019 (Read article)
• "The toilet paper rip off," Richmond News, online edition April 13, 2019 (Read article)
• "In and around corners," Richmond News, online edition March 30, 2019 (Read article)
• "To leave or not to leave, that is the question," Richmond News, online edition March 16, 2019 (Read article)
• "The reuse mentality," Richmond News, online edition March 2, 2019 (Read article)
• "The seat of love," Richmond News, online edition February 14, 2019 (Read article)
• "The modus operandi of cooking vegetable soup," Richmond News, online edition February 2, 2019 (Read article)
• "The distance to Obsolete is shrinking," Richmond News, online edition January 19, 2019 (Read article)
• "A few of my favourite things," Richmond News, online edition January 5, 2019 (Read article)
• "Christmas memories," Richmond News, online edition December 22, 2018 (Read article)
• "Garden City Lands, a metaphorical tapestry," Richmond News, online edition October 27, 2018 (Read article)
• "It's all the rage," Richmond News, online edition September 29, 2018 (Read article)
• "The dreaded 9-letter 'd' word," Richmond News, online edition September 15, 2018 (Read article)
• "Fire's appetite for carelessness is insatiable," Richmond News, online edition September 1, 2018 (Read article)
• "Blessings in disguise," Richmond News, online edition August 18, 2018 (Read article)
• "Let nature take care of nature," Richmond News, online edition August 4, 2018 (Read article)
• "The importance of being amused," Richmond News, online edition July 22, 2018 (Read article)
• "The dilemma of believing," Richmond News, online edition July 7, 2018 (Read article)
• "The barber of Richmond," Richmond News, online edition June 23, 2018 (Read article)
• "Crows are no pigs," Richmond News, online edition June 9, 2018 (Read article)
• "Interrupt corruption abruptly," Richmond News, online edition May 26, 2018 (Read article)
• "Saving Safeway memories," Richmond News, online edition May 12, 2018 (Read article)
• "When Vancouver International Airport was a teenager," Richmond News, online edition April 28, 2018 (Read article)
• "Finding a purpose," Richmond News, online edition April 14, 2018 (Read article)
• "The crows in my life," Richmond News, online edition March 31, 2018 (Read article)
• "Connect, converse, relate," Richmond News, online edition March 17, 2018 (Read article)
• "Nature nurtures mind," Richmond News, December 8, 2017, p.16 (Read article)
• "Have gun, have trouble," Richmond News, November 15, 2017, p.15 (Read article)
• "Look ahead to the past," Richmond News, October 26, 2017, p.22 (Read article)
• "For whom the bridge tolls," Richmond News, September 22, 2017, p.16 (Read article)
• "Miracles in the garden," Richmond News, August 4, 2017, p.16 (Read article)
• "Make your own cheap ricotta," Richmond News, July 7, 2017, p.18 (Read article)
• "Voting was once a privilege," Richmond News, April 26, 2017, p.10 (Read article)
• "What dolls, eyes, insects and puppies have in common," Richmond News, April 5, 2017, p.16 (Read article)
• "The snow and I, a failed relationship," Richmond News, February 24, 2017, p.19 (Read article)
• "'Curious behaviour' proves hard to define," Richmond News, January 20, 2017, p.18 (Read article)
• "The myrrh the merrier," Richmond News, December 21, 2016, p.16 (Read article)
• "Truth is now enslaved to entertainment," Richmond News, December 9, 2016, p.21 (Read article)
• "The long, short of Movember 'staches'," Richmond News, November 25, 2016, p.16 (Read article)
• "War never really ends," Richmond News, November 9, 2016, p.B16 (Read article)
• "Collecting fun facts doesn't amount to learning," Richmond News, November 4, 2016, p.13 (Read article)
• "It’s senseless to kill our green benefactors," Richmond News, October 7, 2016, p.16 (Read article)
• "The great nut divide," Richmond News, September 9, 2016, p.27 (Read article)
• "Give your brains, not your thumb, a workout," Richmond News, August 26, 2016, p.21 (Read article)
• "Zucchini deserves major PR campaign," Richmond News, July 29, 2016, p.44 (Read article)
• "You can sell a house, but you can't sell a home," Richmond News, July 22, 2016, p.12 (Read article)
• "Richmond lots, $300 per acre - in 1935," Richmond News, June 17, 2016, p.28 (Read article) (Read expanded version)
• "The things one hears," Richmond News, June 3, 2016, p.25 (Read article)
• "Listen to nature," Richmond News, May 6, 2016, p.13 (Read article)
• "More than trunks, branches," Richmond News, April 20, 2016, p.11 (Read article)
• "Communicate to integrate," Richmond News, March 4, 2016, p.19 (Read article)
• "Are modern brides ready to get hitched and be buxom?," Richmond News, February 10, 2016, p.14 (Read article)
• "Romans called death a 'debt of nature'," Richmond News, February 3, 2016, p.21 (Read article)
• "How to heal community spirit," Richmond News, January 8, 2016, p. 14 (Read article)
• "Explaining Christmas to an alien," Richmond News, December 23 and 24, 2015, p.32 (Read article)
• "Food frugality will help sustain nature’s bounty," Richmond News, November 20, 2015, p. 16 (Read article)
• "Nibble on the past with words," Richmond News, November 27, 2015, p. B8 (Read article)
• "When numbers outnumber the fingers on your hand," Richmond News, October 30, 2015, p.30 (Read article)
• "Who's a migrant and who's a refugee?" Richmond News, October 2, 2015, p.13 (Read article)
• "Top up your measure of suspicion," Richmond News, September 16, 2015, p.22 (Read article)
• "Eating 'real' food isn't just for foodies," Richmond News, September 4, 2015, p.25 (Read article)
• "Not dead yet: book cupboards are rising out of the ashes," Richmond News, August 14, 2015, p.20-22 (Read article)
• "Dirty, but essential," Richmond News, July 29, 2015, p.14 (Read article)
• "Pedal away from pollution," Richmond News, June 18, 2015, p.22 (Read article)
• "Once upon a time, there was a greener Richmond," Richmond News, May 21, 2015, p.18 (Read article)
• "The art of cultivating cultural harmony," Richmond News, April 16, 2015, p.20 (Read article)
• "Eat your words," Richmond News, January 21, 2015, p.13 (Read article)
• "Favourite words used in the business of politics," Richmond News, December 12, 2014, p. 12 (Read article)
• "Putting 'think' back into 'thanks'," Richmond News, October 8, 2014, p.13 (Read article)
• "Measuring out on a limb," Richmond News, September 17, 2014, p.21 (Read article)
• "A little learning is a dangerous thing; more is better," Richmond News, August 27, 2014, p.17 (Read article)
• "A funny thing about humour," Richmond News, July 18, 2014, p.22 (Read article)
• "Canada, through the eyes of foreigners," Richmond News, June 27, 2014, p. B6 (Read article)
• "When equal doesn't equal fairness," Richmond News, June 4, 2014, p.12 (Read article)
• "If the idiom fits, wear it," Richmond News, May 23, 2014, p.16 (Read article)
• "Examples not to follow," Richmond News, May 7, 2014, p.14 (Read article)
• "No-knead to press bread," Richmond News, April 2, 2014, p.17 (Read article)
• "Who'll be moving the mail?," Richmond News, February 19, 2014, p.16 (Read article)
• "A friend by many other names," Richmond News, February 5, 2014, p.14 (Read article)
• "It's filthy, stinking, lucky and rich," Richmond News, January 15, 2014, p.13 (Read article)
• "How we celebrated our first Canadian Christmas," Richmond News, December 24, 2013, p. 11 (Read article)
• "Language worth wearing," Richmond News, December 13, 2013, p. 23 (Read article)
• "More names into words," Richmond News, November 22, 2013, p. 20 (Read article)
• "There's a treasure hoard outside your house," Richmond News, November 8, 2013, p. 18 (Read article)
• "The tooth of the matter," Richmond News, October 4, 2013, p.15 (Read article)
• "Beets, carrots off beaten path," Richmond News, September 20, 2013, p.25 (Read article)
• "Outwitting urban wildlife," Richmond News, September 13, 2013, p.22 (Read article)
• "Your business is their business," Richmond News, August 23, 2013, p.20 (Read article)
• "Words into surnames, back into words," Richmond News, July 12, 2013, p.26 (Read article)
• "Think more, waste less," Richmond News, June 28, 2013, p.12 (Read article)
• "Food farming interest enjoying rebirth," Richmond News, June 19, 2013, p.11 (Read article)
• "From chemistry lab to plate," Richmond News, June 19, 2013, p.13 (Read article)
• "The zany story of where pants come from," Richmond News, May 31, 2013, p.14 (Read article)
• "Heritage or blockbuster," Richmond News, May 3, 2013, p.16 (Read article)
• "Granola, muesli's sinful sister?" Richmond News, April 17, 2013, p.12 (Read article)
• "Something cool about awesome and neat," Richmond News, March 29, 2013, p.12 (Read article)
• "Speaking of the papal election," Richmond News, February 27, 2013, p.17 (Read article)
• "Saint Valentine's story has an unexpected twist," Richmond News, February 8, 2013, p.21 (Read article)
• "What we've inherited from warriors of the past," Richmond News, January 25, 2013, p.19 (Read article)
• "Keeping local history alive," Richmond News, January 11, 2013, p.16 (Read article)
• "Who's that wild man with Santa?" Richmond News, December 19, 2012, p.19 (Read article)
• "They say good hosts make bad guests," Richmond News, December 5, 2012, p.21 (Read article)
• "Food labels don't tell the whole story," Richmond News, November 28, 2012, p.12 (Read article)
• "When you need to answer a call of nature," Richmond News, November 9, 2012, p.14 (Read article)
• "Hang on to that jack-o'-lantern," Richmond News, October 26, 2012, p.16 (Read article)
• "Have your plate and eat it too," Richmond News, October 3, 2012, p.9 (Read article)
• "Out with packaging, in with loose," Richmond News, September 26, 2012, p.15 (Read article)
• "Got leftovers? Make some fritters," Richmond News, September 21, 2012, p.14 (Read article)
• "It's so easy to get words wrong," Richmond News, September 14, 2012, p.14 (Read article)
• "Education versus teaching," Richmond News, September 7, 2012, pp.12-13 (Read article)
• "Ancient mythology alive in language," Richmond News, August 31, 2012, p.12 (Read article)
• "You don't want to be perfect," Richmond News, August 24, 2012, p.24 (Read article)
• "When humans ape animals," Richmond News, August 1, 2012, p.12 (Read article)
• "'Tis the season to vacation," Richmond News, July 27, 2012, p.15 (Read article)
• "Old words that still pack a punch," Richmond News, July 11, 2012, p.12 (Read article)
• "Don't get shopped while shopping in a shop," Richmond News, June 27, 2012, p.11 (Read article)
• "Weeds, your blight, my delight," Richmond News, June 20, 2012, p.20 (Read article)
• "When we began to tell time," Richmond News, June 15, 2012, p.25 (Read article)
• "It has rained, it is raining, it will start to rain," Richmond News, June 8, 2012, p.12 (Read article)
• "Words can open doors to history and culture," Richmond News, May 25, 2012, p.14 (Read article)
• "In fine fettle, like a knight ready for battle," Richmond News, May 16, 2012, p.10 (Read article)
• "Nostalgic for the flavours of Tuscany in spring," Richmond News, May 9, 2012, p.9 (Read article)
• "It's all Greek to me now," Richmond News, May 2, 2012, p.17 (Read article)
• "Foreign names taste better," Richmond News, April 25, 2012, p.14 (Read article)
• "Eternity or the landfill, you have the choice," Richmond News, April 11, 2012, p.27 (Read article)
• "Knuckle down and speak body language," Richmond News, March 30, 2012, p.14 (Read article)
• "How newspapers got their names," Richmond News, March 21, 2012, p.11 (Read article)
• "As highrises creep up and up, fellowship falls and fades," Richmond News, March 16, 2012, p.11 (Read article)
• "Train our memory," Richmond News, March 2, 2012, p.13 (Read article)
• "Olive oil the life blood of Tuscany," Richmond News, February 22, 2012, p.10 (Read article)
• "Writer gets to the root of why hair stands on end," Richmond News, February 8, 2012, p.10 (Read article)
• "The changing flavour of money," Richmond News, February 1, 2012, p.15 (Read article)
• "The joys of being powerless," Richmond News, January 20, 2012, p.13 (Read article)
• "Let's not become their prey," Richmond News, January 13, 2012, p.12 (Read article)
• "Adopting the two faces of Janus," Richmond News, January 6, 2012, p.12 (Read article)
• "Santa began as ancient goddess," Richmond News, December 16, 2011, p.25 (Read article)
• "Where there's charity, there's humanity," Richmond News, December 9, 2011, p.15 (Read article)
• "Become part of 'the lovely machinery for living'," Richmond News, December 7, 2011, p.17 (Read article)
• "It's all in the pronunciation," Richmond News, November 25, 2011, p.11 (Read article)
• "Money message dates back to old Italy," Richmond News, November 18, 2011, p.27 (Read article)
• "But aren't we the monsters?" Richmond News, November 16, 2011, p.19 (Read article)
• "Spoken like a farmer," Richmond News, November 2, 2011, p.15 (Read article)
• "Magical words evolved over time," Richmond News, October 28, 2011, pp.15, 18 (Read article)
• "Hallowe'en a treat for just-landed immigrant girl," Richmond News, October 26, 2011, p.13 (Read article)
• "Good gardens = good neighbours," Richmond News, October 12, 2011, pp.10-11 (Read article)
• "Smarter than the average word," Richmond News, September 28, 2011, p.10 (Read article)
• "Where have all the words gone?" Richmond News, September 21, 2011, p.15 (Read article)
• "Hear ye! Hear ye! How the news came to be," The Florentine, vol.7,134, 13 January 2011, p.16 (Read article)
• "Here today, gone tomorrow," The Florentine, vol.5, 107, 10 September 2009, p.16 (Read article)
• "Some Like It Cold: Chilling Out in the Renaissance," The Florentine, vol.5, 105, 2 July 2009, p.21 (Read article)
• "Mastering the Art of Good Packing," The Florentine, vol.5, 101, 7 May 2009, p.18 (Read article)
• "Itineraries for the Alternative Tourist. Adventures in the Sienese: part II," The Florentine, vol.5, 99, 9 April 2009, p.20 (Read article)
• "Itineraries for the Alternative Tourist. Adventures in the Sienese: part I," The Florentine, vol.5, 98, 26 March 2009, p.20 (Read article)
• "On Top of the Dome, with Pippo," The Florentine, vol.5, 96, 26 February 2009, p.16 (Read article)
• "The Modena Connection," The Florentine, vol.4, 75, 20 March 2008, p.20 (Read article)
• "Chickory Dickory Wok," The Florentine, vol.4, 73, 21 February 2008, p.21 (Read article)
• "Long Live the Button!," The Florentine, vol.3, 70, 10 January 2008, p.20 (Read article)
• "A Penny-pincher's Guide to Holiday Shopping," The Florentine, vol.3, 69, 13 December 2007, p.19 (Read article)
• "Three Masters," The Florentine, vol.3, 68, 29 November 2007, p.19 (Read article)
• "Money, Money Everywhere, and Not a Coin for Change ," The Florentine, vol.3, 67, 15 November 2007, p.20 (Read article)
• With Mary Anne Pinto, "Changing Spaces," The Florentine, special edition for the 90th anniversary of the British Institute of Florence, 8 November 2007, pp.28-29 (Read article)
• "Food Fit for an Emperor," The Florentine, vol.3, 61, 26 July 2007, p.21 (Read article)
• "Condottieri of Culture," The Florentine, vol.3, 58, 14 June 2007, p.14 (Read article)
• "Step by Step," The Florentine, vol.3, 55, 3 May 2007, p.18 (Read article)
• "Say it with Windows," The Florentine, vol.3, 52, 22 March 2007, p.18 (Read article)
• "Savouring the Seasons," The Florentine, vol.3, 47, 11 January 2007, p.21 (Read article)
• "Christmas Shopping for the Panic-Stricken," The Florentine, vol.2, 46, 14 December 2006, p.29 (Read article)
• "The Trouble with Corners," The Florentine, vol.2, 45, 30 November 2006, p.19 (Read article)
• "Picture This!" The Florentine, vol.2, 44, 16 November 2006, p.22 (Read article)
• "Witnesses of the Watery Siege,"The Florentine, special edition, 4 November 2006, pp.20-21 (Read article)
• "An Intimate Garden with Grand Appeal: Villa Gamberaia at Settignano," The Florentine, vol.2, 42, 19 October 2006, p.18 (Read article)
• "When the Hills Were Alive With the Sound of Quarrymen," The Florentine, vol.2, 39, 7 September 2006, p.18 (Read article)
• "How Do I See Rome? Let Me Count the Ways," The Florentine, vol.2, 37, 13 July 2006, p.19 (Read article)
• "Giambologna Stopped at Grassina: A Renaissance Treasure to Discover," The Florentine, vol.2, 34, 1 June 2006, p. 20 (Read article)
• "Where the Wild Things Grow," The Florentine, vol.2, 32, 4 May 2006, p. 21 (Read article)
• "Behind the Agony and the Ecstacy: Michelangelo's Money," The Florentine, vol.2, 29, 23 March 2006, p.19 (Read article)
• "Walking into History: Time Capsules around Florence," The Florentine, vol.2, 25, 26 January 2006, p.20 (Read article)
• “The Turkey Dazzles Renaissance Florentines,” The Florentine, vol.1, 20, 17 November 2005, p.20 (Read article)
• “Break Away to Urbania,” The Florentine, vol.1, 17, 6 October 2005, p.21 (Read article)

Miscellaneous

• Minestrone: a soupy secret (previously published on the Sharing Farm website, 11 Nov. 2011) (Read article)
• Save the savoury pumpkin (previously published on the Sharing Farm website, 6 Oct. 2011) (Read article)
• "Second Nature", introductory essay in Lyall Forsyth Harris, Revisitations, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, Virginia, November 2009. (Read essay -- opens in new window)
• Preface to Denis Mack Smith, Federigo da Montefeltro, Urbino: Quattroventi, 2005 (Read preface) (View cover)
• Entries on Sangallo drawings for volumes 2 (2000) and 3 (in press) of The Architectural Drawings of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and his Circle, Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press
• Articles in the Dictionary of Art, New York: Grove, 1996 on: Pesaro, Villa Imperiale, Alessandro Sforza, Girolamo and Bartolomeo Genga, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Nicolò Sabbatini, Muzio Oddi