Wednesday, July 31, 2002
Updated Website
Dear Friends,
You may have noticed a lapse in The Maven’s Diary over the past month. Well – to kvetch – I can’t do everything. And along with my assistant, Sean Brady, and webmaster, Ben McCullough, I have been busy updating www.thefoodmaven.com. You can’t feed the monster while performing surgery on it. [more]
Wednesday, July 3, 2002
Red Velvet Cake
Since Raven The Cake Man, a young African-American baker in newly stylish Fort Greene in Brooklyn, delivered his stupendous Red Velvet Cake to me and Joan Hamburg on our Saturday Weekend program, the subject of Red Velvet Cake keeps coming up. Well, Joan keeps bringing it up. And since it came up once again when Michael and Jane Stern were on our program last week, I thought I would share the recipe I have had in my files for a number of years, and the story of this wonderful all-American cake. [more]
Monday, July 1, 2002
Summer Recipe Roundup
Here are some recipes that may be handy for July 4th, not to mention the rest of our sweltering summer. Simply click on the recipe name and you’ll find the Maven’s Diary entry that features it. [more]
