One of my favorite chefs, cooking one of my favorite foods – several ways. Which do you think would be your favorite?
By the way, last Thanksgiving I tried a new way to do make-ahead mashed potatoes. Mine have, in years past, been an afterthought, done haphazardly at the last minute. Hint: the potatoes are baked, not boiled, and mashed in my KitchenAid. They turned out great!
If he were alive, today would be his 106th birthday. He was born Jacob Gershwine on September 26, 1898 in New York City.
As an American composer and pianist, his compositions included popular, jazz and classical works. Among his best-known compositions are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), “Swanee” (1919), “Fascinating Rhythm” (1924), “Embraceable You” (1928), “I Got Rhythm” (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit “Summertime”.
Sadly, this musical genius died of a terrible illness at age 38. He fell into a coma and had emergency surgery to remove a large brain tumor, believed to be a glioblastoma. He died on July 11, 1937 in Los Angeles.
Can you imagine how many more songs, operas and orchestral pieces he might have produced had he lived a full life?
In his honor (and for your own pleasure) listen to Leonard Bernstein (another musical giant) play Rhapsody In Blue with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
The term Trojan horse has come to refer to subversion introduced from the outside.
From Britannica:
The Trojan horse, a huge hollow wooden horse constructed by the Greeks to gain entrance into Troy during the Trojan War. The horse was built by Epeius, a master carpenter and pugilist. The Greeks, pretending to desert the war, sailed to the nearby island of Tenedos, leaving behind Sinon, who persuaded the Trojans that the horse was an offering to Athena (goddess of war) that would make Troy impregnable. Despite the warnings of Laocoön and Cassandra, the horse was taken inside the city gates. That night Greek warriors emerged from it and opened the gates to let in the returned Greek army.
Btw, the constant drum beat from the left is that Donald Trump is a liar.
I am here to tell you that both Harris and Walz constantly tell lies, both about their plans for governing and about their opponents. We are all familiar with Harris’ flagrant flip-flops. Will she fix the border crisis? I doubt it.
Here is one example of some of the lies told about their opponents. Note: this is from CNN! The lies are so egregious even CNN feels compelled to point them out.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, has made at least three false claims over the last two weeks about the Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump.
Two of Walz’s false claims are related to Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation think tank’s detailed right-wing blueprint for the next Republican administration. Project 2025 has been the subject of multiple false or misleading claims from Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign this summer.
The campaign declined to comment for this article.
President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks in Mint Hill, NC, on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
At one time (not so long ago) I was suspicious of conspiracy theories. But that was before they all started coming true.
Arches National Park, Looking Glass Rock
President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks outlining his plan to lower taxes for American business owners and highlight the importance of buying American made goods for our economy in Savannah, Georgia, on September 24, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
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