Category: Entertaining

December 29, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Your presence requested this evening, it’s formal

December 29, 2013 / Vickie Lester

I just got an invitation through the mails:

November 26, 2013 / Vickie Lester

The American Menu: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

The American Menu: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. This Blogger (click on the red letters above) is FASCINATING. And, Clifton Webb knew how to throw one hell of a party. Wait until you read the guest list…

November 24, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Close your eyes…Debbie Reynolds or Eva Gabor?

July 28, 2013 / Vickie Lester

ALCHEMY: A SERIALIZED STORY BY GEORGE KAPLAN – PART SIX – THE MARTINI SHOT

A serialized story by, George Kaplan I was looking like we had never kissed before? If the kiss itself had been shocking, unexpected, impossible, this was something else again. When she’d kissed me, the feelings of heart-racing surprise and astonished euphoria had blanked everything else from my consciousness, there had…

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July 23, 2013 / Vickie Lester

ALCHEMY: A SERIALIZED STORY BY GEORGE KAPLAN – PART TWO

A serialized story by, George Kaplan . Work with the triumvirate was challenging and fun. The world of meetings, meetings, meetings and deals, deals, deals was often tiring but there was often a special energy about it, and an endless fascination to the workings of the industry and the disparate…

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July 21, 2013 / Vickie Lester

ALCHEMY: A SERIALIZED STORY BY GEORGE KAPLAN – PART ONE

A serialized story by, George Kaplan . What’s my name? You don’t need to know that, just call me, let’s see… David. It’s not exactly “Call me Ishmael” but it’ll do. . A few years ago I changed jobs, after spending close to a decade as an actor, mostly on-stage…

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April 19, 2013 / Vickie Lester

WHAT PR COOKED UP TO PROMOTE THE STARS – SOME THINGS INEDIBLE, SOME NOT

Really? Just reading through this makes me a bit queasy – and doesn’t Mary look stealthy, like she’s plotting our culinary doom? At least they had the sense not to claim Clara cooked… I’ve had this, it’s kind of bland and a little sweet. Not bad, Bessie Love – and…

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March 20, 2013 / Vickie Lester

RUTH REICHL REMEMBERS A STAR – AND A WONDERFUL COOK – DANNY KAYE

A remembrance by Ruth Reichl: Danny Kaye didn’t cook like a star. He didn’t coddle you with caviar or smother you in truffles. He had no interest in complicated concoctions or exotic ingredients. His taste was absolutely true, and he was the least-pretentious cook I’ve ever encountered. The meals he…

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February 11, 2013 / Vickie Lester

DESSERT FOR YOUR SWEETHEART

I had a couple of emails asking for my cream puff recipe… This is the incomparable pastry chef, Paula Peck: This is her granddaughter’s site: Megan Peck Cooks | Recreating the Works of Grandmother Paula Peck– Megan is an accomplished cook in her own right and I have to say,…

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