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Stacey’s “Mussells in Cider” [moules au cidre] [by David Lehman]
The birthday girl made this feast for us on a night begun with two glasses of Chateau Frank 2009 methode champenoise. Rinse musselsSlice onion into large stripsAdd two cloves of garlic, mincedSaute in olive…
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Marry me, marry me, marry me!
Happy Anniversary to us [by William Butler Yeats] He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark clothsOf…
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An Autobiography in Cookbooks Part I: The Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook © 1948 [by Stacey Harwood-Lehman]
My mother received this cookbook as a wedding gift and passed it on to me many years ago. It remains one of my favorites, not because of the recipes though there are some good…
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Study China boundless thoughts potential, expect miracles
The buck stops either at Drain's End or Over the Rainbow Mystery is the meat and drink of humankind; also, I have seen, a boundless resource of today’s Middle Kingdom. What studiously-indumbrated glyph born in…
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My Subway Series Memories [by Greg Pattenaude]
On Thursday, the Mets and Yankees completed the annual battle for New York; the Subway Series. In baseball's golden years, this meant two New York teams (Yankees, Dodgers or Giants) meeting in the World…
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Ralph Kramden meets Pascale: Vélibs of Death and the karmic pain of life
Vélibs of Death will create new opportunities for souvenir makers. In Marianne’s kitchen, Karine and I, Marianne and Dominique were discussing under what circumstances we would choose to leave the whips, scorns and…
