Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I review episodes of Julia Child’s original show, cook out of the new edition of the French Chef Cookbook and share the results with you. Past posts can be found here. Next to Beouf Borguignon, Julia's Queen of Sheba cake seems to be one of her most famous … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Reine de Saba Cake
Cooking With the French Chef: Coquilles Saint-Jacques
Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I make recipes from the new edition of Julia Child's French Chef Cookbook and review episodes of Julia's original TV series, The French Chef. Past installments can be found here. Coquilles Saint-Jacques is a dish I've been wanting to make for a long time but never … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Coquilles Saint-Jacques
Elyse and Eggy
Here we go... One of my favorite shows in the 1980s was Family Ties. It was the story of the Keatons, an Ohio family, the parents of which were hippies and Peace Corps volunteers and the kids are a diverse bunch. Steven (Michael Gross) manages the local PBS station. Elyse (Meredith Baxter) is an architect. Oldest … Continue reading Elyse and Eggy
Cooking With the French Chef: Boeuf Bourguignon
Welcome back to Cooking With the French Chef, in which I review episodes of Julia Child's original show, cook out of the new edition of the French Chef Cookbook and share the results with you. Past posts can be found here. Our first official installment! This month's recipe is a no-brainer: Since Julia made Boeuf Bourguignon … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Boeuf Bourguignon
Cooking With the French Chef: Introduction
Et voilá, here's a new series! As of today, it's sixty-one years since Julia Child's peerless first show, The French Chef premiered, and a few months ago a fancy new edition of The French Chef cookbook became available. Naturally, I want to review it, but instead of publishing one post with the results of a … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Introduction
Nine Smeg-tastic Red Dwarf Episodes
I have a love-not-love relationship with Red Dwarf. It can get pretty bawdy at times and the humor is generally of the masculine variety, but I still have a soft spot for some of it because it can be a ton of fun. And we can't forget the theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV0hwZwNQZc For those who might not be … Continue reading Nine Smeg-tastic Red Dwarf Episodes
Still More Cuisine, Stars Hollow Style (This Time It’s Official)
It's time for another Stars Hollow food adventure! Those of you who have been around my blog for at least a few years will no doubt remember my reviews of Eat Like A Gilmore and its sequel, Daily Cravings, in which I not only reviewed the books but cooked out of them. So yeah, we're going to … Continue reading Still More Cuisine, Stars Hollow Style (This Time It’s Official)
Good As Gold
Look who's turning 100? Disney was pretty cool in the 1980s. Well, they started out cool, but as we all know they had a real dry spell after the death of Walt Disney, and during the seventies it was touch and go as to whether the company would last the decade. In my opinion, once Tron came … Continue reading Good As Gold
A Tale of Sentinels and Fire
TV's on again, guys... One of my favorite shows in college was The Sentinel, and by far one of my favorite episodes of the series is "Light My Fire," which was originally broadcast on February 5, 1997 as part of the show's second season. I don't think it's the show's best episode, but it has a … Continue reading A Tale of Sentinels and Fire
Meet Dorothy Morris
Gotta watch those characters... Dorothy Morris's career was relatively short compared to other character actors of her day, but she always made a big impression in her own quiet, pretty way. The daughter of a Methodist stockbroker, Morris was born on February 23, 1922 in Hollywood and despite being a shy person, became interested in … Continue reading Meet Dorothy Morris
Keep It Simple, Shakespeare
Hello, Mr. Plummer... I LOVE a good Shakespeare reading, It just makes me smile all over. The setting doesn't have to be fancy, either, because the language is so vivid and powerful that it creates its own scene. Even a black background (such as in this clip of Damian Lewis reciting the "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" … Continue reading Keep It Simple, Shakespeare
My Top Twelve “Gilmore Girls” Episodes
*click* Those of you who have been reading Taking Up Room for any amount of time all know I do at least one Gilmore Girls post every November, and this has been going on for about as long as the blog has been around. Why November? I don't know. I'm thinking it's because that's the month … Continue reading My Top Twelve “Gilmore Girls” Episodes
That Show About Nothing
The legendary Seinfeld made its debut over thirty years ago. Mind-boggling, isn't it? I don't think I have to tell anyone that the show is part of our vernacular to this day, right up there with The Princess Bride and The Wizard of Oz. Even if you don't watch the show, if you've ever used, for instance, the phrase, … Continue reading That Show About Nothing
Shamedown #7: Sky Racket
July is upon us, although obviously not for much longer, and we have quite the Shamedown ahead. If anyone is coming in late and would like to know what the heck a Shamedown is, the lowdown can be found here. Onward... I seem to have struck gold on the Poverty Row movies this year, and … Continue reading Shamedown #7: Sky Racket
Parker. Penny Parker.
Calling all Bond girls... We all know that before Bond, and even before Wysteria Lane, Teri Hatcher was best known as Penny Parker on MacGyver. She was good-natured, a little daffy, winsome, and gorgeous to boot. She was never really a love interest for Mac and more like an adoring little sister. There's not much … Continue reading Parker. Penny Parker.
The Art of the Anne Frank Biopic
Today it's eighty years exactly since Anne Frank started her diary, and as of July sixth, eighty years exactly since the Frank family went into hiding. Anne once wrote that she wanted to go on living even after her death, and therefore she was grateful to God for the gift of writing. She has certainly … Continue reading The Art of the Anne Frank Biopic
The Flaming Hot…Five Reasons Why Tag
Us bloggers sure do love our tags, don't we? Gill of Realweegiemidget Reviews and Catherine of Thoughts All Sorts have come up with a fun one for us (read Gill's post here and Catherine's post here), but as timing would have it, I've had to put off answering it until now. Oh well, that's life, … Continue reading The Flaming Hot…Five Reasons Why Tag
Taking Up Room 