Word: joying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...joy of cooking seems to have escaped me completely somehow. Nevertheless, I watch Julia Child's program every week, and then the following day, I run out and buy wire whisks, watercress, souffle pans and carbon-steel knives. I have also acquired a modest but impressive assortment of wines and exotic spices. Of course, I have never used any of these things. And I certainly would never have the courage to try one of her recipes. I throw the watercress out each time I clean the refrigerator...
...Joy from the Ashcan. Glackens believed first and foremost in illustrating the everyday life around him. Born in Philadelphia in 1870, he studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy, became a newspaper artist, along with George Luks, John Sloan and Everett Shinn, for the Philadelphia Press and later the New York World. Afterhours, the group congregated around Painter Robert Henri, trying to match the dark brown tints of old masters like Frans Hals and recent ones like Manet...
...most brides, the guide during the transitional years was Irma Rombauer's Joy of Cooking, a primer that marked a distinct advance upon Fannie...
...whacks at his own profession but never falls into the academic solemnities that riddle most books of this kind. "To learn," writes Eble, "is to love." Students ought to revel in discovery, he adds, but educators, from grade to grad school, have a knack for taking most of the joy out of learning...
...provided by French Stage Star Sylvie, a clear-eyed, quick-stepping, 81-year-old charmer who plays the title role with no pauses for sentimental nonsense. Whether cruising serenely up and down an escalator or boldly offering a well-weathered wrist to a perfume saleslady, Sylvie exudes the quiet joy of a space-age grandma who has briskly set out to conquer the space between rocking chair and requiescat...