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Category Archives: Recipes
A Bachelor’s Christmas in New York
A few years ago I ran across an article in the December 1935 Arts & Decoration by Charles Hanson Towne describing his traditional Christmas brunch. The Kentucky-born Towne had moved with his family to Manhattan when he was just three … Continue reading
Posted in Interesting People, Paradise Elsewhere, Recipes
Tagged Charles Hanson Towne, Holiday, New York City
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Nothing Says Happy Thanksgiving Like a Papier Mâché Turkey!
Here’s lovely silent screen star Irene Rich, in between stints of playing straight woman to Will Rogers or quietly suffering in her popular series of “neglected wife” roles, serving up the Thanksgiving bird. Rich was a fine actress, but not … Continue reading
