BARCELONA–We meet Chef Papa Serra first thing in the morning outside the sprawling Boqueria Market, expecting a porcine Spaniard with a beard, exuding twinkling-eyed Bonhomie mixed with sage observations about life and food. Instead, a trim twenty-eight-year-old New Zealander in…
Monthly Archives: November 2012
With Brooke Shields’ Mother, Dancing On A Stove In Spanish Harlem
And then–I’m not quite sure how–Brooke Shields’ mother was in the kitchen of the restaurant in Spanish Harlem, dancing on the stove. The music was playing loudly, the cooks and kitchen help were staring in amazement, as was I. Brooke…
Tagged with: Brooke Shields, Endless Love, Eric Roberts, King of the Gypsies, Louis Malle, New York, Pretty Baby, Spanish Harlem, Susan Sarandon, Teri Shields
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That Afternoon With Henry Fonda
In a fit of nostalgia yesterday I pulled John Ford’s 1946 western, My Darling Clementine, off my DVD shelf and watched it on our new fifty-five-inch Sony television screen. Magical: it brings old movies to life again with a sharpness and clarity that…
Tagged with: 12 Angry Men, Abraham Lincoln, Ambassador East Hotel, Chicago, Clarence Darrow, Detroit, Fisher Theatre, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, John Ford, King Vidor, Mr. Roberts, My Darling Clementine, Once Upon A Time in the West, Shirlee Fonda, The Battle of the Bulge, The Grapes of Wrath, The Trial of A. Lincoln, War and Peace, Wyatt Earp
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Ron Base Writes 