Literature
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New Orleans & Nine Lives
I just finished reading a fascinating book that I couldn’t put down, Nine Lives by Dan Baum. It was my choice and I hosted my book group last week to discuss it. The book reads like fiction but it is real life. For a writer who is not a native New Orleanian and who was on assignment after Hurricane Katrina (or “The Storm” as natives say), he really captured what it is like to be from and to live in New Orleans. His profile of nine people: several who lived in the Ninth Ward, the wife of a famous Mardi Gras Indian, a prominent lawyer, to a transvestite in transition,…
Art & Palate
Going from discovering an Australian blogs to Australian artists who paint food images…These artists featured in the book The Artist’s Lunch also have submitted recipes for this opulent book. Here’s a fantastic painting of Quinces by Jeffery Smart. And the cover of the book is equally as splendid — a feast for the eyes! That rooster’s tail feathers could be angel hair pasta. I like the artist, Salvatore Zofrea’s quote, “I see the dish on the table as the link that brings everyone together to become one.” Here’s a blog to check out, Feasting on Art. I like the way it’s set up to pair artwork with actual recipes. Very…
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Slipcovers for Your Walls
This past electronic art exhibit (below), in its ability to demonstrate the ocean bed through electronic dots, reminds me of a beachy Slipcovers for Your Walls blog post today. This is a new blog that I’ve started for casart coverings along with the casart crew — solely related to ways to use casart™ and interior design. Another introduction to make is that casart coverings is now using Twitter. Here’s another exhibit that’s worth posting, even though it’s already occurred, for the premise to promote creativity, the Creative Mind at the Savina Museum. I like the photos as well — rather out of the box, literally and this is what our…
