Tag: Julia Roberts

• Should I Put an Egg on It?

  I am a very adventurous eater. I will taste just about anything, and my list of things I hate is very, very small. Lychee nuts and eggs. Yes, eggs. I don’t eat eggs unless they are beaten up in a cake batter or the whites have been whipped into a meringue sitting on top of…

  michardillo

  May 2, 2017

  Essay

  Bon Appetit, Eggs, fondue, fried egg, frittata, jammy egg, Julia Roberts, lychee, omelet, poached, podcast, potato salad, quiche, ramen, scrambled, The Runaway Bride

• The Second Mrs. de Winter: Not Your Mama’s Cinderella

  Despite what Walt Disney’s mega-marketing machine would have you believe, he did not create Cinderella. The story may have originated as early as 7 BC, but its European roots date from the mid 1600’s. The basic story line does not vary much: the prince or other wealthy man saves the poor orphaned girl from a…

  michardillo

  August 9, 2015

  Essay

  Academy Awards, Alfred Hitchcock, Atlantic Ocean, Baton Rouge, Broadway, Cinderella, Cinderella story, Cornwall, Daphne du Maurier, Disney, Du Maurier, English countryside, gothic, Hollywood, Julia Roberts, Kits Browning, Louisiana, LSU, Manderley, Maxim de Winter, Monte Carlo, Oscar, Prince, Rebecca, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, Richard Gere