Dry those tears, Andy Dick, I got cha back. The newly sober Tinseltown trainwreck made his debut on “Dancing with the Stars” last night, and while his foxtrot didn’t score high with the judges, you’ve got to give the guy credit for showing up. “It was like watching Woody Allen doing the foxtrot,” said judge […]
Made a double batch of Melissa Clark’s Soda Bread Buns from the New York Times for my St. Patrick’s Day pre-parade brunch for 17.
Sausage and Apple Pies with Cheddar Crusts for tomorrow’s pre-parade St. Patrick’s Day Brunch! (at home)
Dear Diary: What a long strange trip it’s been, and as I skip out of the Track Shack after too many years of chronicling the foibles, follies, fun times and amazing Tales from this sometimes-Naked City, I feel the need to pause for a trip down memory lane. I easily have enough memories to fill […]
I’ve been stricken by a bad case of TV nostalgia lately. But just when I thought I had kicked it, actress Valerie Harper, who I adored worshipped as Rhoda Morgenstern in the 1970s’ sitcom, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” announced this week she has terminal brain cancer and has three months to live. Now, I don’t […]
Don’t even think of throwing anything away until I see it,” I barked at my husband as we spent yet another day of our long-awaited, much-deserved vacation packing up our circa 1990 blue Formica-topped kitchen that will, by the grace of God, be gutted next week. “But you’re throwing away all my stuff,” he whined. […]
As a Julia Child groupie, my kitchen as always had a small pic of the “French Chef” hanging around for a little inspiration and guidance. In fact, when I went to compete in the second season of “Master Chef” last January, I brought a couple of Julia instructional DVDs to gin me up in the […]