Rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb. It’s what we used to say to make ‘noise’ on stage. A generic blurbling; all sound, no fury. There’s been a bit of blurbling going on over here too. It’s good noise. I may have dropped a hint at the close of last year about some good things percolating. This is about […]
In the kitchen
The film: The reason: When life is very hard, sometimes cake is the best answer. This New York deli treat might have come in handy for nine year old Oskar Schell; (explorer, jeweler, inventor, tambourine player and vegan pacifist). He’s mourning his Dad who passed when the towers fell. To keep his memory alive he’s […]
The second dessert in Oscars feast The film: The reason: Minny Jackson thinks fried chicken just tends to make you feel better about life. So does this chocolate pie. The social structures of 1960’s Jackson Mississippi may be difficult for modern audiences to swallow, but this pie isn’t. It’s a dessert that also plays an […]
The first of two desserts in Oscars feast The film: The reason: To be sure, there wasn’t a lot of cake in the trenches of World War 1. And there certainly weren’t many treats for the horses. This cake celebrates the highs and the lows of Stephen Spielberg’s War Horse. In it you’ll find the […]
The main event in Oscarsfeast The dish: The film: The reason: Gil (Owen Wilson in the best interpretation of chicken-legged Woody Allen since the auteur himself) believes there is nowhere finer than Paris, at night, in the rain. He and his fiancée Inez thought they were just hitching a visit with her parents to the […]