Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Great New Matzoh Balls
I just made Audrey Cohen’s letter-perfect matzoh balls.
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Monday, April 18, 2005
Maven Wins Two (!!) Awards
What can I say? I won. Arthur Schwartz’s New York City Food was named Cookbook of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP), in addition to winning in its category – best American cookbook, given to a book that focuses “on ethnic, cultural, historic, or regional cooking in the United States.”
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Sunday, April 10, 2005
Another Award, Another Babka
Arthur Schwartz’s New York City Food , my latest cookbook, has been nominated for a second cookbook award, the James Beard Award as best American cookbook. The winner will be announced at the Beard Foundation’s gala awards ceremony in New York on May 2. I was a friend of James Beard. In fact, you can read about my relationship with him in the book. I keep wondering what he would think of the recent scandal at the organization named for him. Some of us knew all along that the leaders of the Beard Foundation were corrupt. Now the former president, New Jersey resident Len Pickell, will probably be going to jail, after having pleaded guilty to stealing foundation funds. Dorothy Hamilton, the owner of the French Culinary Institute, has just been named the new president of the board of trustees, which has apparently been dismissed. I am assuming, knowing how upright Dorothy is, that the Beard Foundation will now be managed by honest people who want its charter as a tax-exempt educational foundation to be honored and its mission fulfilled.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Italian chicken croquettes
Sean Brady is back.
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