By Julie Canter I’ve been wild about the French masters ever since I went to grade school with the son of the owners of Dumas Patisserie in New York (while other kids brought brownies to parties, Charles would walk in with a stack of bakery boxes—can you say dacquoise?). Ever since then I’ve been on [...]
During the editing of “Look Who’s Keeping Kosher,” the list of kosher foods mentioned in the quiz was changed from its original multiple-choice format to a list, but the quiz results weren’t changed with it. In fact, two of the foods listed are NOT kosher. Goldfish Crackers are not kosher, though Pepperidge Farm offers 95 [...]
Listen To These Sounds Of Summer
Regarded as the founding father of Rock & Roll, Doc Pomus wrote nearly 500 songs for artists such as Ray Charles and B.B. King. Pomus has been elected to the Rock & Roll, Songwriters, and Blues Hall of Fame. Check out these classics: Little Sister by Elvis Presley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBS2NcFJBaE Save The Last Dance For Me [...]
The game of basketball was invented in 1891 by a minister, James Naismith, who believed that it would promote “muscular Christianity.” That game would be unrecognizable today with its peach baskets, players passing the ball but never dribbling (a minor adjustment never envisioned by Naismith) and final scores like 5-4. It wasn’t until Jewish immigrants [...]
You say macaron, I say macaroon
If you live in NYC you had the opportunity to taste a French macaron (as they say it) free on French Macaron Day, initiated here on Sunday March 20 by Francois Payard, one of the foremost émigré chocolatiers from the motherland. In a world where a single one of these cookies costs between $2 and [...]
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