Reading and Roaming
ON THE SCREEN Holiday Cooking Class The other evening, we enjoyed a cooking demonstration. Clarkson University, the Chief Penguin’s alma mater, invited alumni to see and join their campus chef in the preparation of several dishes. They included a colorful cranberry and whiskey cocktail, baked brie, baby potatoes wrapped in bacon, and julienned root vegetables with pistachio …
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Covid-19 has limited activities for most everyone to some extent. Those of us who are more vulnerable are spending more time at home, not dining out, and not going to concerts or plays. What do we do? If you’re an avid reader like me, then you might tackle several of those tomes you’ve always been meaning to read—or …
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VIEWING The English Game (Netflix) This is an excellent series and great “feel good” viewing for these strange times. A whole series (6 parts) about football, (soccer, that is), you say; but I’m not a sports fan. Well, there’s so much more to this historical drama by Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey. Opening in 1879, it focuses …
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EATING SOUTHERN You will not go hungry in Savannah. Portions are generous to very large and shrimp and grits appear on almost every menu. Other local favorites are fried green tomatoes, pimento cheese, ham and biscuits, and crab meat. Here’s where we dined. Husk We had lunch in their upstairs dining room which was largely empty and pleasingly …
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