MASTERING THE ART OF MYTH COOKING
ANYA VON BREMZEN HAS WRITTEN another interesting new cookbook. Or so Irina Dumitrescu writes in “How Do Certain Foods Become National Dishes?,” The New York Times Book Review, June 15, … Continue reading
AIRPLANE DOUBLE FEATURES PART 2
GEE, THERE HAVE BEEN A BUNCH of good airplane flicks, whether viewed one by one or paired as double features. Here in Part 2, we serve a stint in World … Continue reading
AIRPLANE DOUBLE FEATURES PART 1
READER TOM ASKS, “How about an article on flying films?” Readers Bob and Andrew each responded with favorites. Indeed, here in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow is a … Continue reading
DOUBLE FEATURES PART 2
YESTERDAY WE CONSIDERED movie double features, both inexplicable and otherwise. Today in Part 2, there’s memorable endurance viewing, together with double features of operatic nature. Endurance Viewing. Here’s a double … Continue reading
DOUBLE FEATURES PART 1
THOSE OF A CERTAIN AGE may remember the motion picture phenomenon of double features. Here, in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow, are tidbits of exceptional twin billings, some … Continue reading
THANKS, MR. LIEBERSON, FOR ORIGINAL CAST LPS
FUNNY HOW ONE BIT OF SLEUTHING leads to another: In learning about Vera Zorina, one of the guests at Duffy’s Tavern, I found that her second husband was Goddard Lieberson. … Continue reading
ARCHIE’S ENGLISH, SORTA
ARCHIE, MANAGER OF DUFFY’S TAVERN, spoke New Yorkese, not to be confused with other dialects of that part of the U.S. John Dunning recounts in The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, … Continue reading
CRESCENT CITY OPERATIC TIDBITS
NEW ORLEANS MAY BE BEST KNOWN FOR JAZZ, but Henry Stewart’s “Operapedia,” Opera News, August 2023, offers “an easy stroll through the Crescent City’s opera landscape.” Here are tidbits gleaned … Continue reading
PINEAPPLE TIDBITS
THE FASCINATING THING ABOUT websites such as Interesting Facts is their encouragement of additional Internet sleuthing. For instance, “Pineapples Were Once So Valuable, People Rented Them For Parties” immediately brings … Continue reading
HAPPY 400TH FIRST FOLIO
THE JUNE 2023 BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE has a fascinating article by Michael Wood on “400 Years of the First Folio.” Here are tidbits gleaned from Professor Wood’s piece, together with … Continue reading
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