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MitchW

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  1. I kinda like Rosner's latest whatever you call it...

    Helen, Help Me: What If You’re Dining with a Jerk?

    In which Helen not only discusses what to do in the above situation (repeating my tenet:  Just remember that your server is your ally), but also the Martini/olive question (like, when to eat the olive). Helen's answer:

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    Two-thirds of the way through. But you really ought to try getting your Martini with a twist. 

    I'll add - ask for an olive on the side.

     

      

     

  2. A little further research (I was up early) reveals that the company which now owns Chowhound (i.e.: Static Media) also owns foodie.com (and I can vouch that they paid Gael Greene nary a penny).  Foodie.com is not exactly all about high quality food/drink writing. Consider this:

    A Boulevardier Is The Cocktail To Make For Your Next Fall Party

    Wherein the writer tell us:

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    The red color of the Boulevardier comes from the sweet vermouth and makes the cocktail delightfully festive for autumn.

    Okay, but isn't the Campari also red?  Let's go on...

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    For a slightly spicy twist, you could substitute rye for bourbon on a 1:1 basis. 

    Well, no...that's a different cocktail, and it's called a 1794, created at Rye Bar in San Francisco.

    What the heck, let's finish with this bon mot...

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    Sip this one slowly, as it has a kick that could give a whole new meaning to "fall" if you aren't careful!

    HELP!

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  3. At 91.  A giant giant.  RIP.

    OBIT

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    He arranged and conducted several collaborations between Frank Sinatra and Count Basie, including what is widely regarded as one of Sinatra’s greatest records, “Sinatra at the Sands” (1966).

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    the three albums he produced for Michael Jackson between 1979 and 1987 — “Off the Wall,” “Thriller” and “Bad” — arguably remade the pop business with their success, by appealing profoundly to both Black and white audiences at a time when mainstream radio playlists were becoming increasingly segregated.

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    Mr. Jones took the job of musical director at Mercury in 1961, assembling its jazz roster: He signed Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Shirley Horn and others...

     He helped make the song “It’s My Party” (1963) into a No. 1 hit for Ms. Gore, rushing acetates to radio stations just before another version of the song, sung by the Crystals and produced by Phil Spector, which remains unreleased.

     

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    In 1991, he produced a concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland — of which he, in typical factotum spirit, had become a co-producer — reuniting Miles Davis with the arranger Gil Evans to play music from the albums “Sketches of Spain” and “Porgy and Bess.” It was there that he met the actress Nastassja Kinski, with whom he lived for four years, a union that produced his seventh child, Kenya Julia Miambi Sarah Jones, who became a model and is known professionally as Kenya Kinski-Jones.

     

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  4. Granola2024-11-02.jpeg.52a1b7edad82f86bf4f5de6e6aa2cace.jpeg

    Made a batch of granola yesterday, ostensibly the EMP recipe, but not really.

    Oats, almonds, pistachios, pumpkin seeds.  After roasting, added golden raisins, currants, and dried blueberries.

  5. 9 hours ago, hollywood said:

    Keep in mind that the Dodgers have a huge payroll and a very driven manager.

    The way they play fundamental baseball (stealing, bunting, defense!) made one realize that the Yankees don’t.

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  6. 1 hour ago, maison rustique said:

    Where did October go? I think I slept through it.

    The rain slept through it here; October was either the driest or second driest NYC since weather records were first kept. I believe that dryness extends to other eastern or mid-Atlantic states, many under a red-flag fire warning.

  7. Sometimes, in these days of doom, a need for comfort food arises. Hence...

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    Chicken soup...with matzoh balls.

    Soup from scratch, stock made with various frozen parts and an old hen (a gallina).  And the matzoh balls were as light as a feather; I actually thought they would fall apart, since the "dough" was so wet, even after resting in the fridge for an hour. But they stood firm, and are delicious.

     

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    Gigs

    An interesting evening last week at The Baryshnikov Arts Center.  Woolgathering, which was an early book of prose and poetry by Patti Smith, turned into a spoken-word opera (I just copy the words, I don't make them up) and dance, composed and directed by Oliver Tompkins Ray, who at one time played guitar in the Patti Smith Group.

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    Mikhail was the "special guest." 

    The NY Times review is here...Review: The Miraculous Simplicity of Patti Smith’s Childhood

  8. 1 hour ago, Wilfrid said:

    My daughter and I were in the front, at the security barrier, on Paula's side. Spectacular as always, although Ana is clearly in pain.

    I was definitely on that side, but a little back and kinda leaning against the wall.  Good view...

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