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The Capo Market, Palermo, Sicily (Photo: Todd Lehman)

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Turkey Marsala

Turkey Marsala

November 3, 2023

Chicken Marsala has become a ubiquitous dish in the United States. Of course, the origin of this Italian specialty was […]

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Barley Pilaf

Barley Pilaf

October 21, 2023

Pilafs are generally made with rice, but I find other grains to be equally delicious. I am especially fond of […]

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Braised Duck Legs in Red Wine

Braised Duck Legs in Red Wine

October 2, 2023

Braised Duck Legs in Red Wine make a relatively easy-to-prepare dish for an elegant dinner. The meat becomes so tender […]

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Caponata

Caponata

September 22, 2023

Caponata is one of the most famous Sicilian dishes, often served as a vegetable antipasto or appetizer. There are 37 […]

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Savarin with White Peaches

Savarin with White Peaches

September 18, 2023

A savarin is nothing but a large-size baba. Because it uses a yeast dough, it is more like a bread […]

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Baked Tomato Sauce

Baked Tomato Sauce

September 5, 2023

We’re in the height of tomato season, and that means it’s time for an unusual pasta sauce, Baked Tomato Sauce. […]

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Soufflé Omelet with Strawberries

Soufflé Omelet with Strawberries

August 31, 2023

If you’re looking for a different dish for brunch, you can’t do better than this Soufflé Omelet with Strawberries. The […]

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Falafel with Cucumber-Mint Sauce

Falafel with Cucumber-Mint Sauce

July 31, 2023

Falafel, or Middle Eastern chickpea fritters, are a great idea for luncheon dishes. Stuffed in pitas and served with a […]

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White Peach Pie

White Peach Pie

July 18, 2023

It’s the middle of July, peaches are at their peak, and it’s high time for White Peach Pie. For years […]

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Salmon-Dill Cakes With Cucumber Sauce

Salmon-Dill Cakes With Cucumber Sauce

June 23, 2023

I love salmon cakes. I always use wild salmon, never farmed, because it is far less fatty, and it just […]

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New England Clam Chowder

New England Clam Chowder

February 1, 2023

I love New England Clam Chowder. But to make a large pot of chowder from scratch requires scrubbing, steaming, and […]

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Chocolate-Hazelnut Cookies

Chocolate-Hazelnut Cookies

January 24, 2023

Looking for a truly simple-to-make, but delicious, cookie?  These chocolate-hazelnut cookies are my variation of pastry chef François Payard’s flourless […]

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Mushroom and Brie Fondue

Mushroom and Brie Fondue

December 15, 2022

One of my favorite luncheon dishes is Mushroom and Brie Fondue. You can make it in as little as 20 […]

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Pork, Celery, and Ginger Stir Fry

Pork, Celery, and Ginger Stir Fry

December 10, 2022

This Pork, Celery, and Ginger Stir Fry is an easy-to-make and very tasty Asian dish. A nice feature of this […]

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Dutch Pancake

Dutch Pancake

December 7, 2022

Want a special recipe for breakfast or lunch? A Dutch Pancake is a very simple treat to make. And the […]

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Cranberry Conserve

Cranberry Conserve

November 22, 2022

This recipe for Cranberry Conserve will elevate your ordinary cranberry sauce to something more special, with only a little extra […]

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Croque Monsieur

Croque Monsieur

October 30, 2022

Croque Monsieur, the French hot sandwich, is thought to have originated in bistros in the early 1900s in France (see […]

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Chocolate Coconut Cake

Chocolate Coconut Cake

October 7, 2022

Chocolate and coconut is a marriage made in heaven. There are many recipes with chocolate cake covered in coconut icing, […]

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Corn and Red-Pepper Fritters

Corn and Red-Pepper Fritters

September 14, 2022

Looking for an easy light lunch for the end of summer? Corn and Red-Pepper Fritters are the answer. These easy-to-make […]

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Tacos de Carnitas with Pico de Gallo

Tacos de Carnitas with Pico de Gallo

September 8, 2022

Wondering what to do with your leftover roast pork? One great answer is Tacos de Carnitas with Pico de Gallo. […]

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Cucumber-Dill Mousse

Cucumber-Dill Mousse

August 30, 2022

During the dog days of August, I love cold dishes. One my favorites is Cucumber-Dill Mousse. Perfect cucumbers are plentiful […]

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Orange-Banana Bavarian Cream

Orange-Banana Bavarian Cream

August 16, 2022

As a youngster, I was very finicky. I would eat nothing from the school cafeteria except a custard pie and […]

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Budget Beef Stroganoff

Budget Beef Stroganoff

July 21, 2022

Classic Beef Stroganoff recipes call for using only the finest cuts of beef, preferably filet of beef. In these high-inflationary […]

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Golden Buttermilk Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Icing

Golden Buttermilk Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Icing

June 17, 2022

Golden Buttermilk Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Icing is my second favorite layer cake. (My first favorite is still the Pennsylvania […]

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Christophene au Gratin

Christophene au Gratin

June 7, 2022

A visit to the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe provided a new taste treat: Christophene au Gratin. Christophene, or chayote […]

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Japanese Milk Bread

Japanese Milk Bread

June 2, 2022

Who would have thought that Japanese Milk Bread would be the answer to my sandwich-bread dilemma? Wonderful hard-crusted bread is […]

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Featured in Kirkus Reviews The Best Books of 2018

My article, “When News Drives Creativity,” which discusses Trump’s executive order not to report civilian death’s by drone, is featured in Theater Art Life Magazine. Click here.

Critical Acclaim for The Wrong Side of the Room

“The book’s second half is fully stocked with accounts of stage shows galore—not to mention impressive name-dropping (Barbra Streisand, Betty Grable, Dorothy Lamour, Gene Kelly). These anecdotes from the theater’s social scene glide alongside vivid imagery from the author’s performances and other successes. The book also has a delightful, chatty sense of humor with moments of wry wit that make it exciting to read.
In the end, it effectively celebrates a life of artistic inspiration alongside the giddiness and glory of live theater.”

—Kirkus Review

Read the entire Kirkus Review here.

 

Readers’ Favorite Review
by Asher Syed

The Wrong Side of the Room: A Life in Music Theater by Norman Mathews is an autobiography chronicling the author’s life as he transitions from a confusing and often abusive childhood, born in a sleet of uncertainty (literally, as it turns out). Masked by imagination and written with a humor that most would not be able to apply to such situations, Mathews is able to harness this creativity and hitch it to his own ambitions as a rising star. When an injury threatens to derail an ascent that defies all odds, Mathews is forced to reinvent and reignite himself once more, and does so amid a whole host of personal and professional turmoil, scandal, and the kind of stories that are all the more shocking – and inspiring – because they are actually true.

Norman Mathews delivers a riveting memoir with The Wrong Side of the Room that opens with a contentious genesis and powerfully surges through to its finale. This is the ultimate tale of a man who is knocked down seven times and gets up eight, except in this case our tenacious narrator is struck to the ground far more than that. But he does continue to rise and appears to have carved out a genuine niche for himself until, “I woke up one morning with a strange pain in my back and running down my right leg. In a few days, it got much worse, and I began limping.” With the support of his partner Todd, he buys a Steinway, dives into formal education, and…well, at first that all implodes too. But Mathews is the consummate phoenix and, much like he displays in the writing of this book, skillfully maneuvers the trajectory of his life’s own narrative into a story that we are fortunate enough to have shared in The Wrong Side of the Room.

Impressively candid, exceptionally informative, deftly written, organized and presented, “The Wrong Side of the Room: A Life in Music Theater” is an extraordinary memoir that will have special and particular appeal for anyone with an interest in show business. . .very highly recommended for both community and academic library Contemporary American Biography collections.

—Midwest Book Review

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The Wrong Side of the Room is the Bronze-Medal Winner in the Non-Fiction —Music/Entertainment Category of the Readers’ Favorite Book Competition.

To see my coming-out video on YouTube, click here.

 

BOOK CORRECTION: In my autobiography on page 152, I state that Carolyn Morris died in a motorcycle accident. I learned from her daughter-in-law that though she was severely injured she did not die. She is still living in Rutland, Vermont.

Get a free copy of Chapter 1 of my autobiography just by commenting on whether you think Sondheim or I am right about setting Dorothy Parker’s verses to music. Click here.

Read my new article, Sicilian Classics from Nonni’s Kitchen in the Times of Sicily. The article gives 4  of my grandparents’ interesting recipes.

Read my interview about my autobiography, The Wrong Side of the Room, with Norm Goldman, editor of BookPleasures.com here

The Wrong Side of the Room has been listed on Vincent Lowry’s site eAuthorSource. Click here.

 

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