‘I’ll Have the Salad Nee-Swaaah, He’ll Have the Nyaw-Kee’

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Editors note: The correct pronounciation is “I’ll have the Saa-lod Nee-Swaz, he’ll have the Nyokkee.” Face it, we all have a couple of ethnic foods we can’t pronounce. I’ve butchered “mascarpone” for years by referring to the Italian-style cream cheese as “mar-scapone.” And that seems rich since I hail from the Land of the Dropped […]

Happy Birthday, Julia Child!

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I cannot imagine what the late, great Julia Child would think of all the science projects that pass for fine dining these days. My guess is she’d be horrified. I envision Julia — or Meryl Streep as the cinematic French Chef — bellowing as a hipster waiter placed a plate of foam, gel and smoking […]