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Ms. Reichl, editor of wonderful Gourmet Magazine in its last hurrah and before that, NY Times restaurant critic, has written rich memoirs--Tender at the Bone and Comfort Me with Apples--and has a new one that I can't wait to buy.
Mark Bittman is a high-profile food journalist who writes for the NY Times ["The Minimalist"] and authored the celebrated cookbook, How to Cook Everything. I don't own it, but my friend Anne baked a no-knead bread recipe from The Minimalist column a lot, and it was great. She shared! Warm loaves appeared at our door or at her dinner table. She made them a lot in her phase of having six chickens in the backyard for fresh eggs and drying her laundry in the sunshine. :)
Interesting tidbits from tonight's talk:
- Ruth Reichl's mother famously cooked weird things--Ruth walked home from public school in NYC for lunch to find odd dishes like green sour cream with sliced bananas stirred in for Saint Patrick's Day.
- Mr. Bittman's favorite guilty pleasure would be hotdogs if they were as good as the ones he remembers getting on 15th Street and First Avenue as a kid. But since they're not, his guilty pleasure is potato chips. He said he feels guilty eating them.
- Ms. Reichl's favorite food scene in a movie is from "Sabrina," when the Audrey Hepburn character is learning to cook eggs. Mr. Bittman's is from a Marx Brothers movie and also involves eggs [hard-boiled].
- One question from the audience: If you could live on only six foods forever, what would they be? Ms. Reichl listed bread, butter, eggs and clams for a start......Mr. Bittman began with salt, tomatoes, and then stopped b/c it was impossible to ponder...if you asked me [and could wave a magic wand and health risks didn't matter], it would be: fresh pasta, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, Vermont Creamery Sea Salt Cultured Butter, good bread, fine dark chocolate and organic milk. How about you?
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- Jogged [very slowly] from creek on Macopin to Park Street, over to Norwood and around Sunset Park once. Walked back home.
- Hot bubble bath.
- Private Benjamin.
- Walked Sug around block and over to Potter Court.
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A perfectly ripe peach, warm from the oven chocolate cookies, and (this isn't cheating, it's only one food but all the components are each a treasure) a BLT made on thickly sliced homemade cinamon swirl toast, homemade mayonnaise, thickly sliced Amish bacon fried just short of crisp, red oak leaf lettuce, and thick slices of heirloom Pruden's purple tomatoes from my garden. I had this once and it was the most perfect sandwich ever made. For the last three: amber beer from a microbrewery, chocolata ice cream from the Daily Sccop, and... I'll get back to you with the last one.
ReplyDeleteWow, Nan!!!! a BLT on homemade cinnamon swirl toast with Amish bacon, red oak leaf lettuce, heirloom purple tomatoes from your garden, homemade mayonnaise...this sounds like heaven. I am in awe, and I want one. would never thought of making BLT on that kind of bread, but yum. I also really like your other choices. thanks Nan! alice
ReplyDeleteIt was lovely to see you the other day.
ReplyDeleteSo annoyed I forgot it was on - I really wanted to go to that.My 6 foods would be coffee, tomatoes, almond croissants, apples, cheese and good crusty bread.
Hi Lisa...same....thanks for the dinner tips...how lucky am I to run into a pro like you in Whole Foods? I like your list of six.....coffee--forgot about coffee beverages....alice
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