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Feeling besieged by all those low-fat, low-carb best sellers? Picking virtuously at salads when you crave a steak seared in butter and oil? The grande dame of American cookery is here to help. In June's Esquire, JULIA CHILD shares 25 truths she has learned in her 87 years. On food, she offers soothing words--"Fat gives things flavor"--and announces bluntly, "There is nothing worse than grilled vegetables." But she also offers pronouncements on such wide-ranging subjects as golfing with men (Don't; "[they] can throw off your stroke"), marriage, world leaders and diva attitude...
Shortly after the plane took off (an hour late), my flight attendant appeared with a food tray laden with warm bread, real-butter pats shaped like flowers, chicken with black-bean salsa and fresh fruit. I washed this down with a Fetzer Eagle Peak Merlot and topped it all off with chocolate truffles. I fired up the TV in the seat back--all 24 channels worked fine--and entertained myself by flipping through everything from ESPN Classic to CNNfn. I called my office from the armrest phone, then plugged in my computer...
...Heard: “Let me see...I know it’s in here somewhere—I’m usually so organized. I hope I’m not making you late for class...Oh, wow!—Here are those peanut butter crackers from seventh grade...
...It’s in the Bag: Tuesday/Thursday Binder, Monday/ Wednesday/Friday Binder, Foreign Cultures sourcebook, Walkman, workout clothes, pencils-pens-spare change-Harvard ID card (all in appropriate compartments), two apples, plastic silverware set, checkbook, overdue library books, copy of Grisholm’s latest novel, peanut butter crackers from seventh grade, bottle of Motrin...
...Pick-pockets on the Harvard campus would come up dry, except in the pants of this anonymous female where everything smells of cocoa butter. To grab her cash, one must squeeze her way through the gooey layers of cocoa butter lotion and jumbo roll of cocoa butter lip gloss...