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Paths crossed: special grief over Floyd Cardoz
At his Manhattan restaurant, Tabla, Floyd Cardoz offered me the finest meal I’ve ever had in my life of fine meals. Impossible to describe really, except to say no one at our table chatted while eating — not even to … Continue reading
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Tagged #MeToo, black kokum, curry leaves, Floyd Cardoz
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Paths crossed: Al Shanker and some challah dough
Al Shanker was a sexy guy who baked bread. Richard Kahlenberg’s “A School Strike That Never Quite Ended,” opinion piece in the Times reminded me about the 1960’s Ocean Hill-Brownsville public school upheaval, as well as a separate recollection of meeting … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Shanker, Burt Lancaster, challah, Richard Kahlenberg, Robert Redford, teachers union, Union Federal of Teachers
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Paths Crossed: The largest musical instrument in the entire universe
I wrote this some years ago. This week, when I read the Times obit for a remarkable man, Dionisio Lind, the singular musician of the largest musical instrument in the entire universe, I felt it was a good time to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Campbell, carillons, clavier cabin, Dionisio Lind, Heckelphone, padauk, Peter Hurd, Reinhold Niebuhr Place, Riverside Church, Rockefeller Carillon, Whitechapel bell foundry, William Peter
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