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: 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
Shamedown #6: Ticket To Paradise
Our sixth Shamedown, everyone, with summer in full swing. If anyone would like to see what a Shamedown is, the details can be found here and past Shamedowns here. All righty, then, here we go... If anyone was around for last year's Shamedowns, a LOT of them turned out to be movies that were filmed … Continue reading Shamedown #6: Ticket To Paradise
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
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 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
Indiana Jones Vs. the Red Baron
Contact... Ever see the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles? Also known as The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, it was on in the early nineties and one of my favorite shows in high school. Not only was Sean Patrick Flanery really, really cute, but Indy got around. Forrest Gump would be jealous of the number of historical figures Indy … Continue reading Indiana Jones Vs. the Red Baron
Shall We Dance?
*click* I've said this before, but I'll say it again: One of my favorite shows growing up was (and still is) The Wonder Years. For those who might not be familiar with the series, it's first set in 1968 and ends in 1974, and follows Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage) and his friends, Winnie (Danica McKellar) and … Continue reading Shall We Dance?
Of Marriages and Mortgages
Hello, Mr. Brett... When Carissa announced this blogathon I felt a wee bit giddy because Sherlock Holmes always comes to mind when I think of Jeremy Brett. He IS Sherlock Holmes in my opinion, no offense to any of the other guys who have played the character. However, I wanted to look at Brett's other … Continue reading Of Marriages and Mortgages
Before Stars Hollow, Part Two
On to our second gallery of Gilmore Girls luminaries, and as you'll no doubt notice, the names here are decidedly bigger than yesterday's, not that yesterday's were too shabby or anything. Again, I had to make a lot of deep cuts, but it's all good. Off we go... Liza Weil (Paris) Two years before she donned Chilton's … Continue reading Before Stars Hollow, Part Two
Taking Up Room 