Word: hostessing
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Imagine yourself at the dinner party from hell: terrible food, mutual contempt that’s almost palpable, the bibulous hostess who no longer cares what she says, and if that isn’t enough, inclement weather so bad any pipedream of escape vanishes into the fog. Now imagine yourself not as a participant, but rather as a passive observer, free to soak in and enjoy all that deliciously dark humor without all the accompanying awkwardness. If all this tickles you pink, you Wes Anderson loving noirist you, then be sure to check out “Dinner...
...Laurentiis, Top Chef's Lakshmi), but the real appeal of Feasts--and of Lawson's British series, which it mimics--is her unfussy, wry, practical approach to entertaining and quality comfort food. You can believe, or not, that guacamole and chili are the first things this wealthy, cosmopolitan hostess thinks of when she throws a dinner party. Either way, between the luscious camera shots and Lawson's sensual enjoyment of eating, Feasts will leave you wishing for an invite...
...Bush has an odd job, where you're expected both to be the nation's best hostess and also to care about safe issues. She hasn't done something as dramatic as run for Senate, like her predecessor. But for a quiet librarian who told George W. Bush she would marry him only if she didn't have to give speeches, she is talking louder than she ever expected...
DIED. Nellie Connally, 87, publicly reserved, witty former First Lady of Texas and last surviving passenger of the limousine in which President Kennedy was shot; in Austin, Texas. Moments after the Texas hostess, dressed in pink like First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, turned toward the backseat and said, "Mr. President, you can't say Dallas doesn't love you," gunfire erupted. Though she originally intended her notes from the tragic day to remain private, the philanthropic widow of former Governor John Connally later shared her recall of Nov. 22, 1963, telling the A.P., "It's the image of yellow roses...
...approves of cupcake mania. "It crossed our minds that we put a lot of expensive ingredients and skilled technique into making canelés, and they're the same price as cupcakes," she says of what artisanal bakeries have discovered is the most profitable dessert not made by Hostess. But Myers also loves being transported to her childhood via the American madeleine. She not only buys cupcakes but also bakes them on weekends for her little sister...