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Category Archives: Celebrities
The Chef’s Kitchen.
I gathered up enough courage to tap Ruth Reichl on the shoulder, say excuse me, and sidle past her because she was blocking my path to Ms. Silverton. Continue reading
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.
Foul play is not suspected. Though in excellent health for a woman of her age, her ratings had been in decline for some time. She was 88. Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Savories, Stage, Film, and Television
Tagged Alice Nelson, Ann B. Davis, applesauce, obituary, Pork Chops, The Brady Bunch
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Arnold Palmiers, A Tee Time Treat
For those of you unfamiliar with the Arnold Palmer, it is a blended, non-alcoholic beverage: half iced tea, half lemonade. For those of you unfamiliar with the Arnold Palmer, he is an 82 year-old male who is famous for manipulating a small, dimpled ball into a hole in the ground using a variety of sticks: half man, half golfing legend. Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Sweets and the Like
Tagged Arnold Palmer, Arnold Palmiers, cookies, dessert, golf, lemon, puff pastry, tea
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Donna Summer Hot Lunch.
When disco invaded my home in the spring of 1976, it came by virtue of Donna Summer’s voice. Perhaps “virtue” is a poor word choice given the fact that, thanks to the her extended dance version of the song “Love to Love You Baby”, I learned how to fake an orgasm at the tender age of six. Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Sandwiches
Tagged disco, Donna Summer, grilled cheese sandwich, hot lunch, orgasm
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Super Tuesday Santorum Cake
This rich, chocolatey cake is entirely egg-free. Not due to wartime rationing, thank heavens, but because the author believes deeply in the concept of chickenhood. All eggs– both fertilized and non– have the right to grow into the poultry God intended them to be: clucking, happy, beheaded, fried, and eaten on the campaign trail.
The absence of dairy products means the texture of this dessert utterly oil-dependent.
And, of course, there are nuts.
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Posted in Celebrities, Sweets and the Like
Tagged chocolate, macadamia, nuts, Republican Primary, Rick Santorum, Sanctum Santorum, santorumtorten, Super Tuesday, wacky cake
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Lost in Translation: A Love Cake
It looked like a Dutch Baby abandoned on the doorstep of a French woman with no maternal instinct.
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Posted in Celebrities, Holidays
Tagged catherine deneuve, donkey skin, French cinema, Jean Marais, love, love cake recipe, Peau d'Ane, Valentine's Day
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