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...Martha Stewart, but as a child I did learn how to sort laundry, and I mean the right way, with none of the slipshod mixing of the pinks and the reds that I see creeping into our culture these days. If called upon, I can also execute a crisp hospital corner on a top sheet. It used to be perfectly ordinary to learn these household skills from chore-savvy people like my mother, whose idea of recreation was to wash down the walls...
...pages. For Giddins, that meant he sat through a lot more of the Crosby films than I could manage (and more of each film, I'll warrant: some of the '30s musicals almost demand fast-forwarding through the comedy specialties by Burns and Allen, Bob Burns, Martha Raye and others too grating to mention). Giddins is attentive and generous to Crosby's films, finding saving graces, vagrant epiphanies or sociological sassiness in each. He is also knowledgeable about the movie milieu, offering paragraph-long portraits of dozens of Bing's coworkers. The book ends with "Road to Singapore...
...pardon case was strengthened by an extraordinary lobbying effort. For starters, there was Denise Rich, the Grammy-nominated songwriter and Democratic diva who throws some of the most happening fund-raisers in New York City and Aspen, Colo., frequented by the likes of Martha Stewart and Michael Jackson. Despite their less-than- amicable divorce a few years ago - Marc left her for a younger blond - Denise recently wrote a supporting letter at the request of Marc's New York attorney, Robert Fink. The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Denise has been one of the Clintons' most loyal supporters, giving...
...ultimate test, of course, is taste. Among my panel of expert eaters, Martha's Cinnamon Pecan Sticky Buns were the clear favorite for their rich flavor, soft dough and impressive crown of chopped pecans. Least liked were cooking.com's Cinnamon Rolls, which my editor pronounced "bland, dry and undistinguished." The others fell somewhere in between. While one colleague thought Epicurious' Sour Cherry Pecan Cinnamon Buns had "a nice tang," others found the dough too breadlike. I thought AllRecipes' self-proclaimed Best Ever Cinnamon Buns tasted surprisingly good considering that packaged cake mix was a main ingredient...
...looks as if I won't be sleeping late on Christmas after all. Martha's elaborate recipe takes so much preparation, I'll have to get up early to bake--while the rest of my family gets to wake up to the smell of cinnamon...