Every so often, I turn to EATING TO LIVE LONG, a book written in 1920 by William Henry Porter, M.D., for medical advice that is unrivaled in being almost invariably wrong. In a chapter entitled “Food Fads and Foolishness”, he says, “Forcing one’s self to…
Horace Rumpole, aka Rumpole of the Bailey, in case you don’t know, frequents Pommeroy’s Wine Bar, a “wine bar” supposedly being a bar that only serves wine, though Pommeroy’s seems to serve sandwiches and mixed drinks, as well. Rumpole usually buys a glass or a…
My mother loves Junior Mints, but her cardiologist tells her not to eat chocolate, so she’s given up that treat. One year, our #3 daughter gave her a box of pastel ones, coated in pastel candy (white “chocolate”, maybe?), but that seems to have been…
