Marlene Dietrich’s Zabaglione “Mix three yolks of eggs with three tablespoons of sugar until the mixture is creamy and whitish. Then add a bit more than half a cup of Marsala wine. Mix. In a double boiler beat the mixture with an eggbeater till it rises. Do not boil…
Category: Thanksgiving
I am happy to say my cup runneth over. These days I feel très bien, which is in stark contrast to the past year when I thought my general malaise — feeling low and kind of punk — had to do with being fifty (for the sake of the blog…
Plenty. First of all I grew up with loving parents who were wary of the fishbowl of fame. Now, if you’ve been reading along for the past couple of years you know that Cary Grant is not my daddy, but I call the parts around here home. Neither my mother…
1934, turkey shoot at the Elysian Park Police Academy — that’s the first image. The second image was taken at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown L.A. — as chefs prepared Thanksgiving dinner. I remember once when my family was living overseas scoring a turkey (which was hard to come by)…
Holy Moly! I do believe I have found the Thanksgiving Apple Pie I’ve been looking for all my life. Thanks to Erin McDowell and one of my favorite cooking blogs: This filling is tart, but with a rich creaminess to it, because it’s finished with butter. It’s sweet, but not…