It's hard to believe that Gilmore Girls premiered twenty-five years ago. Maybe it's because the show hasn't dated all that much, probably because most of the references aren't linked to the turn of the twenty-first century, plus great writing doesn't age. Of course, everyone wonders what the cast has been up to since the show … Continue reading After Stars Hollow
Cooking With the French Chef: Steaks And Hamburgers
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. Beef. It's what's for dinner. If that phrase brings up a certain series of commercials from the … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Steaks And Hamburgers
Order Up
Anyone hungry? Restaurant kitchens, especially kitchens in fine dining restaurants, seem like inner sanctums. We don't know what goes on in there, but food emerges at the hands of servers almost like magic. In a way it's like a curtain going up, and like the theater, it can be plenty cutthroat, and not everyone makes … Continue reading Order Up
Cooking With the French Chef: Strawberry Tarts
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. Fruit tarts are both intriguing and intimidating. No matter the season, there they sit in the bakery … Continue reading Cooking With the French Chef: Strawberry Tarts
I’m Dreaming Of A White Christmas Sandwich
When we think of White Christmas, we naturally think of the great music and the comedy and all the elements that made that movie the classic that it is. What's not as readily apparent, though, is that these characters do a lot of eating. There's food all over this movie. We can't always tell what it is … Continue reading I’m Dreaming Of A White Christmas Sandwich
Two Marriages, Two Divorces
Curtain... Norman Jewison's filmography is nothing if not diverse, and one of his early 2000s credits is 2001's Dinner With Friends, which was a TV movie for HBO. Based on the successful 1998 Donald Margulies play of the same name, the film follows two couples as infidelity and divorce become part of the conversation, and then … Continue reading Two Marriages, Two Divorces
Shamedown #8: Like Water For Chocolate
Mmmmm...chocolate. Chocolate mixed with shame might be a different story, though. Here's the link to Cinema Shame for those of you who would like to know why this post is called a Shamedown. Previous Shamedowns can be found here. The idea of a cook's mood going into their food is certainly nothing new. It's a classic move … Continue reading Shamedown #8: Like Water For Chocolate
Taking Up Room 