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  • Post #511 - July 30th, 2021, 8:34 pm
    Post #511 - July 30th, 2021, 8:34 pm Post #511 - July 30th, 2021, 8:34 pm
    While not food related, it is on-topic for this thread.

    It was recommended to see the documentary Obit. I was able to stream it from Kanopy for free via my library card.

    It features the NYT obituary writers and the process in writing a featured obit.

    Regards,
    Cathy2
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #512 - August 4th, 2021, 8:39 pm
    Post #512 - August 4th, 2021, 8:39 pm Post #512 - August 4th, 2021, 8:39 pm
    To all cookbook and culinary readers, I I pass along this notice from Kitchen Arts & Letters

    With deep sadness and regret, we pass along the news that Nach Waxman died suddenly today, August 4, 2021.

    Nach founded Kitchen Arts & Letters bookstore in 1983 after a long career in publishing. He built the store into a worldwide haven for people who were serious about food and drink books. He encouraged the best authors, respected the passion and curiosity of cooks and readers at all levels, and never lost a sense of pleasure and wonder at discovering the myriad ways people wrote about cooking, eating, and drinking.

    All of us who worked with him will miss him deeply. As we carry on the tradition he created, we will do so with pride and with a determination to make his legacy a lasting one.
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #513 - August 7th, 2021, 8:32 pm
    Post #513 - August 7th, 2021, 8:32 pm Post #513 - August 7th, 2021, 8:32 pm
    This article offers context to the obituary posted above.

    Nach Waxman Sells Passion for Food at Manhattan Cookbook Store
    “Recipes are a dime a dozen. Anybody can get recipes off the Internet,” he says. “But recipes aren’t the whole story. We want books that show how it all fits together — that show every aspect of how food impacts our life…. We carry books here you didn’t know existed until you came — and that’s the kind of serendipity you still can’t find online. We don’t sell any books here without a conversation.”



    The Key to Old World Borscht

    On the Upper West Side, Nach Waxman keeps an Eastern European culinary tradition alive in his ceramic crock: a fermented beet brine called russel.


    I made russel unaware of the tradition. I was just following something read in a book.
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #514 - September 5th, 2021, 5:27 am
    Post #514 - September 5th, 2021, 5:27 am Post #514 - September 5th, 2021, 5:27 am
    Delores Custer, 79, Dies; Gave Star Turns to Cornflakes and Noodles
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/dini ... ticleShare
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #515 - October 24th, 2021, 5:42 am
    Post #515 - October 24th, 2021, 5:42 am Post #515 - October 24th, 2021, 5:42 am
    Chuck Bundrant, Pacific Fisheries’ ‘Henry Ford,’ Dies at 79
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/23/busi ... ticleShare
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #516 - October 31st, 2021, 4:49 am
    Post #516 - October 31st, 2021, 4:49 am Post #516 - October 31st, 2021, 4:49 am
    Louise Slade, Scientist Who Studied the Molecules in Food, Dies at 74
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/30/dini ... ticleShare
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #517 - October 31st, 2021, 7:21 pm
    Post #517 - October 31st, 2021, 7:21 pm Post #517 - October 31st, 2021, 7:21 pm
    Ado Campeol, the man known as the 'father of tiramisu,' has died.
    https://www.npr.org/2021/10/31/10509516 ... u-has-died
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #518 - November 12th, 2021, 7:38 am
    Post #518 - November 12th, 2021, 7:38 am Post #518 - November 12th, 2021, 7:38 am
    Jonathan Reynolds, Playwright and Food Columnist, Dies at 79

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/thea ... -dead.html
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #519 - November 12th, 2021, 10:57 am
    Post #519 - November 12th, 2021, 10:57 am Post #519 - November 12th, 2021, 10:57 am
    Mary Everett, the force behind 47-year-old Berkeley barbecue restaurant Everett & Jones, dies
    Mary Everett, known for her 47-year-old Berkeley restaurant Everett & Jones Barbeque as well as her community work, died from complications related to COVID-19 on Sept. 25.
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #520 - November 14th, 2021, 6:38 pm
    Post #520 - November 14th, 2021, 6:38 pm Post #520 - November 14th, 2021, 6:38 pm
    Melvin Potash, who worked nearly 70 years at his family’s Potash grocery stores, dead at 92.
    https://flip.it/rnLZc9
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #521 - November 29th, 2021, 8:25 am
    Post #521 - November 29th, 2021, 8:25 am Post #521 - November 29th, 2021, 8:25 am
    Sylvia Weinstock, the ‘da Vinci of Wedding Cakes,’ Dies at 91

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/obit ... -dead.html
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #522 - December 12th, 2021, 3:37 pm
    Post #522 - December 12th, 2021, 3:37 pm Post #522 - December 12th, 2021, 3:37 pm
    Peter Buck, Co-Founder of the Subway Sandwich Chain, Dies at 90.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/busi ... -dead.html
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #523 - December 26th, 2021, 8:11 am
    Post #523 - December 26th, 2021, 8:11 am Post #523 - December 26th, 2021, 8:11 am
    Rudy Malnati Jr., member of Chicago pizza dynasty, director of Air and Water Show, dead at 65.
    https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/26 ... dies-at-65
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #524 - January 14th, 2022, 8:29 pm
    Post #524 - January 14th, 2022, 8:29 pm Post #524 - January 14th, 2022, 8:29 pm
    LeDuff: Detroit 'Coney King' Chuck Keros Dies At 88
    Chuck Keros, the dapper, high-living proprietor of the American Coney Island restaurant, who popularized the iconic chili dog by expanding into the suburbs and shopping malls of post-war Detroit, died last week. He was 88.

    The cause was complications of Alzheimer's disease, according to his daughter Grace. He was buried in Grand Lawn Cemetery in Detroit near the right hand of his father.

    It was Keros' father, Gust, a Greek immigrant, who invented the sausage dog topped with meat sauce, a food staple that has become synonymous with Detroit.
    ...
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #525 - January 15th, 2022, 7:53 am
    Post #525 - January 15th, 2022, 7:53 am Post #525 - January 15th, 2022, 7:53 am
    Ed Schoenfeld, Impresario of Chinese Cuisine, Dies at 72

    By William Grimes
    Jan. 14, 2022
    Ed Schoenfeld, who helped open the eyes of New Yorkers to the glories of Chinese regional cuisine with a series of top-rated restaurants in the 1970s and ’80s, notably Uncle Tai’s Hunan Yuan, Auntie Yuan and Pig Heaven, died on Friday at his home in Newark, N.J. He was 72.

    The cause was liver cancer, his son Eric said.

    Mr. Schoenfeld, a Jew from Brooklyn who in his 20s looked like a roadie for the Grateful Dead, seemed an unlikely ambassador for Chinese cuisine. But his expertise, earned through years of study with top immigrant chefs, made him an invaluable partner for restaurateurs like David Keh and Michael Tong.
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #526 - January 15th, 2022, 5:55 pm
    Post #526 - January 15th, 2022, 5:55 pm Post #526 - January 15th, 2022, 5:55 pm
    Henry Meinke, third generation to run Meinke Garden Center, Niles’ oldest business, dead at 94.
    https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/1/14/ ... nue-lehigh
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #527 - January 16th, 2022, 12:50 pm
    Post #527 - January 16th, 2022, 12:50 pm Post #527 - January 16th, 2022, 12:50 pm
    Lena Meijer, 1919 - 2022
    ...
    She was also an enthusiastic partner of her husband as the Meijer retail business grew, attending store openings and team member awards dinners, taking Sunday drives to visit stores and making lifelong friends at food industry conferences. Yet she also presided over a bustling household, cooking dinner for the family most every evening. From the couple's first trip to Europe-and her first airplane ride-in 1950 to worldwide travel in their later years, Lena found herself embarked on adventures she could not have imagined as a child attending a one-room schoolhouse in central Michigan.
    ...
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #528 - January 24th, 2022, 6:38 pm
    Post #528 - January 24th, 2022, 6:38 pm Post #528 - January 24th, 2022, 6:38 pm
    Nancy Palese, co-founded iconic namesake pizza restaurants in Chicago, dies at 87

    https://flip.it/rml3B8
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #529 - January 28th, 2022, 9:33 pm
    Post #529 - January 28th, 2022, 9:33 pm Post #529 - January 28th, 2022, 9:33 pm
    Danny Edwards, 67, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away January 21, 2022. Since 2007 he operated, Danny Edwards Blvd. Barbecue on Southwest Boulevard a few blocks from Kansas. Prior to that he had Lil Jake's Eat it and Beat it Barbecue. He was the son of famed restaurateur Jake Edwards, who opened his first BBQ restaurant in 1938.
    A Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, January 29 at Ward Parkway Presbyterian Church, 7406 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64114.
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #530 - February 17th, 2022, 5:06 pm
    Post #530 - February 17th, 2022, 5:06 pm Post #530 - February 17th, 2022, 5:06 pm
    Salerno's on the Fox founder Adam Salerno remembered for passion about restaurant

    https://www.dailyherald.com/news/202202 ... restaurant
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #531 - February 18th, 2022, 11:00 pm
    Post #531 - February 18th, 2022, 11:00 pm Post #531 - February 18th, 2022, 11:00 pm
    Rene 'Ray' Ramirez, an L.A. champion of Texas-style barbecue, dies at 47
    No pay wall.
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #532 - March 9th, 2022, 11:54 pm
    Post #532 - March 9th, 2022, 11:54 pm Post #532 - March 9th, 2022, 11:54 pm
    The Tragic Death Of Philanthropist Charles E. Entenmann
    ...
    In 1961, Entenmann and his family decided to take things up a notch and built the "largest baking facility of its kind in the U.S.," leading to the sweet success of the blue-and-white box. People reports that by the time Charles, his brothers, and their mother sold the business in 1978, it was worth $233 million. But what did Entenmann do with all that dough? Exactly what his grandfather had done before him — give it to the people. According to Entenmann's obituary, "he funded research to improve water quality and habitats in the Great South Bay." Entenmann also endowed a local hospital to create a cardiac center, and worked to advance research for a "limitless energy source" through his lab. 
    ...
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #533 - March 10th, 2022, 12:51 pm
    Post #533 - March 10th, 2022, 12:51 pm Post #533 - March 10th, 2022, 12:51 pm
    Thanks for posting this about the passing of Charles Entenmann, his life, his talents, and especially his philanthropy.

    But geez. Mashed's headline, "The Tragic Death of ..."? The worst kind of clickbait.
    "Your swimming suit matches your eyes, you hold your nose before diving, loving you has made me bananas!"
  • Post #534 - March 11th, 2022, 7:40 am
    Post #534 - March 11th, 2022, 7:40 am Post #534 - March 11th, 2022, 7:40 am
    Sally Schmitt, Trend-Setting Restaurateur, Dies at 90
    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/dini ... ticleShare
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #535 - March 11th, 2022, 12:14 pm
    Post #535 - March 11th, 2022, 12:14 pm Post #535 - March 11th, 2022, 12:14 pm
    Katie wrote:Thanks for posting this about the passing of Charles Entenmann, his life, his talents, and especially his philanthropy.

    But geez. Mashed's headline, "The Tragic Death of ..."? The worst kind of clickbait.

    This guy lived a long and productive life, there was no tragedy whatsoever. I did not need to be teased to check it out, I am a long time obit reader. If it is food related, then this doubles the interest.

    I really loathe the ever increasing vapid headlines with over the top statements or shots taken at the topic. Personal opinion inserted into the article itself, too. I prefer just the facts, I will decide for myself.

    There was an article about a family who adopted a number of childen from the same parents. At some point in the article, the writer refered to the family as 'humans.' I actually contacted the author about this choice. He thought he needed to shake up the vocabularly, because he felt he used the word 'family,' too often.

    Regards,
    CAthy2
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
    Facebook, Twitter, Greater Midwest Foodways,
  • Post #536 - March 17th, 2022, 5:36 am
    Post #536 - March 17th, 2022, 5:36 am Post #536 - March 17th, 2022, 5:36 am
    Cathy2 wrote:
    Katie wrote:Thanks for posting this about the passing of Charles Entenmann, his life, his talents, and especially his philanthropy.

    But geez. Mashed's headline, "The Tragic Death of ..."? The worst kind of clickbait.

    This guy lived a long and productive life, there was no tragedy whatsoever. I did not need to be teased to check it out, I am a long time obit reader. If it is food related, then this doubles the interest.

    I really loathe the ever increasing vapid headlines with over the top statements or shots taken at the topic. Personal opinion inserted into the article itself, too. I prefer just the facts, I will decide for myself.

    There was an article about a family who adopted a number of childen from the same parents. At some point in the article, the writer refered to the family as 'humans.' I actually contacted the author about this choice. He thought he needed to shake up the vocabularly, because he felt he used the word 'family,' too often.

    Regards,
    CAthy2

    Charles Entenmann wasn’t Jewish. But Jews saw his cakes and cookies as part of the family.

    https://www.jta.org/2022/03/09/ny/charl ... 415-214957
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #537 - March 17th, 2022, 10:12 am
    Post #537 - March 17th, 2022, 10:12 am Post #537 - March 17th, 2022, 10:12 am
    The OU kosher certification was a certain path to success with observant Jews at a time when packaged baked goods still contained animal fat and/or gelatin. Our house was a little less strict but the familiarity with the product through school or synagogue functions made it a popular choice for even the less observant.
  • Post #538 - March 18th, 2022, 8:09 am
    Post #538 - March 18th, 2022, 8:09 am Post #538 - March 18th, 2022, 8:09 am
    Image
    Domenico DeMarco, 1936-2022

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/dini ... pizza.html
  • Post #539 - March 18th, 2022, 9:07 am
    Post #539 - March 18th, 2022, 9:07 am Post #539 - March 18th, 2022, 9:07 am
    Rene G wrote:Image
    Domenico DeMarco, 1936-2022

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/dini ... pizza.html


    A sad loss.
  • Post #540 - March 19th, 2022, 1:09 pm
    Post #540 - March 19th, 2022, 1:09 pm Post #540 - March 19th, 2022, 1:09 pm
    Rene G wrote:Image
    Domenico DeMarco, 1936-2022

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/dini ... pizza.html


    Thank you for posting. I ate at DiFara's several times over the years, located in the increasingly Hasidic area of Midwood, Brooklyn. Dom Demarco was a true gentleman and a superb craftsman, and I always enjoyed seeing him snip bits of live oregano to top his pizzas. While we can debate the merits of Chicago vs. New York pizzas (and his were iconic New York), Demarco was a master. As I lay dying, I will recall my meals at El Bulli and DiFara's, not necessarily in that order.
    Toast, as every breakfaster knows, isn't really about the quality of the bread or how it's sliced or even the toaster. For man cannot live by toast alone. It's all about the butter. -- Adam Gopnik

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