Short Thursday Thingies..

After a lite wednesday, the muses still seem to be on hiatus, and they pretty much are silent today as well.

I did get the December issue yesterday of Saveur which features the cover story; "Ham for the Holidays!" Pretty clever folks those magazine people..I have not had a chance to completely read the article word for word, but a quick thumb through of all the pictures and little blurbs didn't reveal any reference to our "stuffed ham", for which i would subtract points. Speck? yes. Culatello? yes. Prosciutto? of course. Stuffed ham? don't think so.

I would add points, however for a little box from their editors on page 125 showing a picture of Gourmet's last issue (with that turkey), entitled "One of a Kind". It laments the passing of that publication, and notes that starting in 1941 "through the words of M.F.K. Fisher, James Beard, and other great writers, we gained a deeper understanding of what it means to eat. Gourmet has been the benchmark for all other food publications; its archive remains an invaluable resource".

Amen, and part of that archive resides in the basement of the digs..

they also have an interesting article on Tom and Jerry cocktails. remember those, all you 'tini folks? good rag.

First Friday in Leonardtown this Friday/tomorrow, the boat parade and christmas walk on the solomons on saturday, Madrigal Dinners begin at Historic St. Mary's city. Wish there was something to do down here.. don't forget to

DFD