From Scratch

It’s been a surreal week, like watching a sequel to Bonfire of the Vanities play out. Don Imus was suspended, then fired, for going way over the line with his demeaning sexist and racist remark. (And let’s not forget the participation of his sycophantic producer, Bernard McGuirk, who is often overlooked in all this. How Sid Rosenberg managed […]

You’d think Bravo would splash news of Season 3 all over its cluttered, tiny-print Website, but it takes some digging to find out what’s up. Top Chef’s third season will premiere this summer Wednesday, June 13 from Miami this time. Queer Eye’s delightful Ted Allen will join Head Judge, Chef Tom Colicchio, and Gail Simmons of Food and […]

Well, yippee. It’s snowing again. I don’t mean flurries, but inch after stinkin’ inch of the heavy, wet stuff aptly called “heart attack snow” by the locals. This, on the heels of a fierce head cold that required so many tissues my nose still looks like Rudolph’s. 
What better way to cheer myself up than to head […]

One of my greatest pleasures in life is a lazy Sunday. No alarm, the Sunday talk shows and lots of hot coffee and fresh-squeezed orange juice with an armload of newspapers. Ideally, a leisurely breakfast is part of the equation but sometimes I (or we) don’t get around to it until it’s so late it […]

Good Monday morning! If you celebrated Easter yesterday, chances are you’ve got leftovers and are looking at a few days of sandwiches or veggies that just get limper when reheated in the nuker. If you’ve been celebrating Passover, you might just have some boxes of matzo left and are looking at them with one eye on the trash […]

To all who celebrate it, Happy Easter

The amount of money needed to run for high office in this country is obscene. There really is no other word for it.
The newly-fattened war chests of Hillary and Obama were popular this week with cartoonists in North America and Europe. But the consuming hunger for funds–and spending–is bipartisan, as the Boston Herald showed on […]

I like to do ahead as much of a big meal as I can, and since I love crusty, holey bread, I developed this recipe for what are basically brown ‘n’ serve mini breads, shaped like rolls. They’re a mainstay for holiday meals. I make them in the food processor with the metal blade or in […]

About a decade ago, a cyberpal who is a very good cook raved about making ham with a Coca-Cola glaze, as she was about to do for Easter. It was a popular method, she assured me, even though word of this hadn’t reached me in Manhattan. I was a bit skeptical, but she’d never shared […]

In yesterday’s post, when I hastily scampered away from mentioning The Everly Brothers, did I think the blog police would show up and confiscate what little HTML I know for violating my (self-imposed) parameters? I guess I’m the blog police here, and just to keep myself on the straight and narrow, Don Everly (dark hair) loves to […]

To all who celebrate it, Happy Pesach

It’s about time. The US Government has finally honored the famed Tuskegee Airmen after, oh, 60 years or so.
I’m still wondering why this didn’t happen much earlier, but especially while William Jefferson Clinton, who prides himself on good relations with the African-American community, was president. But at least it did happen, Thursday, and the Mobile […]