Julie Powell Took Food Writing to a Franker, Darker Place
At the end of the year that Julie Powell spent cooking every recipe (more or less) from Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” she came to mayonnaise collée. It is a hand-whisked mayonnaise thickened with gelatin — a kind of stiff, salty garnish that was piped decoratively over aspics and the like in […]
Columbia School of the Arts Launches New Film Concentration: Writing for Film & Television
Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to announce a new addition to the Film MFA Program: the Writing for Film & Television concentration . This three-year program is designed specifically for students whose main focus is writing. “Columbia is known around the world as ‘the story school.’ We believe storytelling should underpin every […]
Books to read for Christmas….
Now that Halloween is over, I can recommend some books to read for Christmas. Christmas is one of my favorite holidays. I also like to read when the weather turns colder. It gives me the chance to curl up on the couch with a good blanket and the cat curled up in my lap to […]