Category Archives: Observer Food Monthly

My mother Ruth Schachter (nee Nisse), age 88, is one live-wire.

She reminds me (and oth­ers) of the cute lit­tle old lady in the orig­i­nal “Ladykillers” star­ring Alec Guin­ness and a young, dash­ing Peter Sell­ers. White-haired and blue-eyed, that sweet, seem­ingly inno­cent, slightly scatter-brained octo­ge­nar­ian is far more savvy than she looks. ‘Nuff said.