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Overcooked

by Wendy West

( Food and Love and Television )

I think I have “Project Runway” to blame. After season three ended, I showed up at the same time to the same channel, like a lover that is not quite ready to say goodbye. And, like a lover that can always be counted on for a good time, Bravo was there for me. Bravo!
They offered [...]

Signage

by Wendy West


Do you know what it means…

by Wendy West

… to miss New Orleans?

Kanye, my brother?

by Wendy West

( Family )

I had always liked Kanye West but the like turned to love on Sept. 2, 2005 when he veered off script at the Concert for Hurricane Relief and spoke the truth: “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” His new song, “Stronger,” has been rattling around in my head, lyrics so catchy they are rump-shakin [...]

Adios to ghosts

by Wendy West

( Family and Future )

Recent true events:
• I misplaced the turquoise ring my mother gave me. I always thought it was a romantic ring – maybe one my father had given her. I asked her what it meant to her (without telling her I’d lost it), and she said she’d had it made after The Divorce. Since that conversation, [...]