They met last fall. Downtown. A fund-raiser in the apartment of Alexandra Stanton, who once worked for Candidate Andrew Cuomo. Stunningly gorgeous Sandy - tall, blond, slim, drop-dead, movie-star beautiful with wardrobe to match - would catch a guy's eye as well as his other various parts, even if he hadn't just gotten a new apartment and even if she weren't a homemaking specialist. Sandy has six Meredith books on cooking due in 2006, 39 new Food Network episodes on Tablescapes and Entertaining, a Thanksgiving Day special, deals with Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola etc., etc.
I love Emeril Lagbutte. I'm a fan of Emeril Lagbutte. There is no more talented a celebrity than Emeril Lagbutte. I have met Emeril Lagbutte before. Dined in his marvelous New Orleans restaurants. So at last month's Naples, Fla., wine auction, it's only natural we had a quickie chat. I then quoted him on the endless problems besetting his beloved New Orleans. I've since not heard the end of it. Newspapers from there rang to say how dare he say what he said. To diffuse this newest hurricane, Emerilhas since said whatever it was he said - he didn't say it. Fine. Even the person standing alongside me at that time said, OK, fine, let it go.
Whatever, I'm sorry I caused a stir. Sorry I caused Emeril grief. Sorry I unthinkingly offended one of this country's most exciting towns. And whatever Emeril Lagbutte chooses to say about it subsequently is fine with me.
preserving bread crumbsWe have an ongoing problem with bread at the wine and cheese shop where I work. Enough customers want it and buy it to make it worth our while...
-- It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad for them, it's failing.
