tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post5141961849954460694..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Nothing wrong ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-58261247017103327492008-06-29T18:00:00.000-04:002008-06-29T18:00:00.000-04:00Hi Susan,That was, believe itor not, a travel piec...Hi Susan,<BR/>That was, believe itor not, a travel piece. I was asked to go to Burlington, Vt., where the New England Culinary Institute was having a weekend workshop in Italian cooking. I wanted to take the class in sauces, which I knew something about, but it was filled. So I was placed in the pasta-making class instead. I felt much less confident as a larval as a pasta-maker. But the journalism gods were watching over me. The student beside me had been cooking for eight years and had a small catering business: She was 12, I believe. Wonderful for the story - upstaged by a child. What more could you ask for? And I made the most of it in the story. Nice to know somebody remembers.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-41742167614155740072008-06-28T21:53:00.000-04:002008-06-28T21:53:00.000-04:00Well said, Frank. Look at a Jeeves novel or The Hi...Well said, Frank. Look at a Jeeves novel or <I>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</I>, and you'll see some of the most precise and carefully constructed prose around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-32276687505562918802008-06-28T20:11:00.000-04:002008-06-28T20:11:00.000-04:00Hey, I remember a very funny piece you wrote once ...Hey, I remember a very funny piece you wrote once about being at some kind of cordon bleu cooking school with a wunderkind classmate -- some kind of baby Escoffier who was making everyone else look like peasant potato peelers. That piece was very funny -- was it in the Inquirer magazine? And, if you still have a copy somewhere, can you reprint it here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-62402634479400609012008-06-28T19:52:00.000-04:002008-06-28T19:52:00.000-04:00That is a type of writing which I couldn't even fa...That is a type of writing which I couldn't even fathom attempting. Many kudos to you for your efforts in this genre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com