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As I Turn 70, Immaturity and Hair Dye Keep me Young

August 20, 2016

“Immaturity and hair dye keep me young.”

I’m repeating the title of this post for a few reasons: First, everything clever is worth repeating. It usually gets a good laugh – one of life’s giddiest pleasures, especially at my age. It’s true and unabashedly honest. It sums up what’s to follow – the announcement that I turn 70 in a few days. And last, it’s original.

I used to think I stole this funny line from my beloved heroine: the American journalist, author, screenwriter and director Nora Ephron. I steal a lot from that eminently quotable woman who died too young at 71 in 2012 from a rare form of leukemia. It’s hard not to steal from her because we seem to have parallel lives. I talk about her in the present because she lives on in my heart.

We both love food and cooking. We consider crushed pineapple mandatory in carrot cake, we like meatloaf – done right – and both have a recipe for cottage cheese pancakes. We both adore Julia Child and all that she’s about. Read more…

Filed Under: Chocolate, Jewish, Julia Child, London, Mel Schachter, My mum Ruth Schachter, Podcasts Tagged With: food editor, julia child, kensington market, nora ephron, turning 70; aging

More Nora, Recipe and All

February 24, 2011

In the previous blog, I wax eloquent about Nora Ephron. So similar are our passions, paths of discovery and almost parallel lives, that I’m left wondering if we were sisters in another incarnation.

It’s probably our Jewish heritage, crazy families and creative bent that make us kindred in my eyes, all of which are discussed, often hilariously, in her latest book: a thin, compact tome called I Remember Nothing. This title is a reference to being a middle-aged (69-year-old) woman for whom memory loss, taking so many pills in the morning that she has no room for breakfast and other hazards of the aging process are darkly funny.

The book is also peppered with references to food and even includes the odd recipe. Again, Nora and I are on the same page, especially in the case of the Ricotta Pancakes she writes about in the chapter called I Just Want to Say: Teflon. Read more…

Filed Under: Recipe, Ricotta Tagged With: 2 eggs, aging process, cottage cheese, cup ricotta cheese, garnish, jewish heritage, maple syrup, medium heat, memory loss, nora ephron, parallel lives, passions, quick cooking, renditions, ricotta pancakes, rolled oats, skillet, staples, teflon pan, wheat bran

Love, Loss and What I Ate

February 10, 2011

My psychic bond with Nora Ephron, though one-sided (my side, of course), is a long-standing one

I have never met the brilliant American author, movie director, screenwriter, humourist and foodie but feel I know her well.

I did interview her by phone for my column in the Toronto Star a few years ago when her hilarious little book about the downside of being a middle-aged woman came out called I Feel Bad About My Neck. I could relate. Read more…

Filed Under: Foodies, Personal Change Tagged With: american author, andrea martin, autobiographical book, comic creation, food writer, foodie, humourist, meryl streep, middle aged woman, movie director, nora ephron, person accounts, psychic bond, rice pudding, sitting at the bar, stained face, tenement, toronto production, toronto star, vagina monologues

Meryl Streep Finds her Inner Child

August 4, 2009

Okay, so I stole this clever headline from an article I found online about the soon-to-be-released movie “Julie and Julia” starring Meryl Streep as my friend and amazing mentor Julia Child.

Written and directed by the equally amazing Nora Ephron, the film is based on a blog and book by the same name written by a young New Yorker called Julie Powell who cooked her way through Child’s iconic and first of many books “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” – that’s more than 500 recipes in a mere 365 days.

Happily, the Ephron/Streep collaboration has produced a brilliant, funny and food-filled film that captures the personalty and passion of the wondrously charismatic Child. Read more…

Filed Under: Julia Child Tagged With: 365 days, amy adams, autobiographical story, carl bernstein, channelling, dan aykroyd, food writer, ft 2, hubby, julia child, julie powell, mastering the art of french cooking, meryl streep, nora ephron, personalty, platform shoes, portrayal, ruses, tiny kitchen, watergate

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Marion Kane has been a leader in the world of food journalism for a few decades. She is an intrepid populist whose work combines social commentary with a consuming passion for all things culinary. For 18 years, she was food editor/columnist for Canada's largest newspaper: the Toronto Star. She lives in Toronto's colourful Kensington Market and is currently a free-wheeling freelance food sleuth®, podcaster, writer and cook.

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