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

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Cassata Siciliana

Cassata Siciliana

May 16, 2022

Cassata Siciliana is the extravagant cake that is traditional, especially around Easter, in Sicily. At many venues in Palermo, however, […]

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Mushroom Risotto with Ramps

Mushroom Risotto with Ramps

May 6, 2022

Mushrooms and ramps are in season, and the combination of the two is a marriage made in heaven. This Mushroom […]

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Roasted Red Pepper Mousse with Tapenade and Pesto

Roasted Red Pepper Mousse with Tapenade and Pesto

May 2, 2022

This roasted red-pepper mousse with tapenade and pesto makes a light, but very impressive, appetizer. The only time-consuming part is […]

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Three-Meat Ragù Bolognese

Three-Meat Ragù Bolognese

January 22, 2022

This Three-Meat Ragù Bolognese is a riff on the original idea for Bolognese sauce. In America, we’ve erroneously come to […]

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Croissant With Brie, Pear, and Ham

Croissant With Brie, Pear, and Ham

November 29, 2021

A Croissant With Brie, Pear, and Ham is one my most favorite and elegant sandwiches. Extremely easy to make, this […]

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Parmesan-Herbed Eggs en Cocotte

Parmesan-Herbed Eggs en Cocotte

November 8, 2021

Parmesan-Herbed Eggs en Cocotte is one of my favorite simple weekend breakfast trreats It’s quick, easy, and elegant. En cocotte […]

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Coq au Vin à la Chartres

Coq au Vin à la Chartres

October 12, 2021

Full disclosure: This recipe for Coq au Vin à la Chartres is based on the classic and wonderful recipe by […]

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Italian Plum Cake

Italian Plum Cake

September 27, 2021

It’s Italian plum season. That means it’s time for Italian Plum Cake, a seasonal specialty. This easy-to-make dessert is moist, […]

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Rigatoni With Guanciale and Caramelized Onions

Rigatoni With Guanciale and Caramelized Onions

September 21, 2021

Rigatoni with guanciale and caramelized onions is simply my elaboration on the celebrated Roman pasta specialty, pasta alla gricia. The […]

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Lemon Gelatin Salad with Mint-Mayonnaise Chantilly

Lemon Gelatin Salad with Mint-Mayonnaise Chantilly

August 30, 2021

I know, I know! You’re thinking back in horror to those unspeakable jello salads of your youth. The artificially-flavored and […]

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Warm Goat Cheese, Tomato, and Basil Baguette

Warm Goat Cheese, Tomato, and Basil Baguette

August 24, 2021

My favorite late-summer sandwich is Warm Goat Cheese, Tomato, and Basil Baguette. This luncheon dish is practicable only in late […]

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Cherry Pie

Cherry Pie

July 25, 2021

It’s the middle of July, and that mean’s sour-cherry season. Cherry pie is one of the  great American desserts and […]

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Passion Fruit Mousse

Passion Fruit Mousse

June 22, 2021

It’s summer! We need cool, refreshing desserts that require little to no cooking and not too much effort. Passion Fruit […]

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Scaloppine  with Asparagus and Two Sauces

Scaloppine with Asparagus and Two Sauces

May 31, 2021

It’s spring! The markets are flush with fresh tender asparagus. The season and the vegetable inspired me to create a […]

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Finnan Haddie

Finnan Haddie

May 24, 2021

A delicious and easy-to-make dish that’s much neglected these days is Finnan Haddie. I suspect it’s partly because this fish […]

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Chocolate Applesauce Spice Cake

Chocolate Applesauce Spice Cake

May 11, 2021

Chocolate, applesauce, and a myriad of spices. What’s not to like? Years ago in Manhattan, I used to shop at […]

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Jambalaya

Jambalaya

April 6, 2021

Looking for a one-pot spicy, full-flavored dish for a gathering or a party?  Jambalaya is the ideal answer. This Creole […]

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Lobster in Champagne Sauce with Green Grapes

Lobster in Champagne Sauce with Green Grapes

March 17, 2021

Lobster in Champagne Sauce with Green Grapes is an elegant and refined dish for an intimate dinner. I first encountered […]

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Coconut Cream Pie

Coconut Cream Pie

March 4, 2021

Coconut Cream Pie with a mountainous meringue topping was a staple in the 1950s Midwest. Though you don’t see it […]

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Fettuccine with Pheasant Sauce

Fettuccine with Pheasant Sauce

January 18, 2021

When you hear the dish Buckwheat Fettuccine with Pheasant Sauce, it immediately conjures up images of an elegant, top-rated restaurant. […]

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Oatmeal-Date Bars

Oatmeal-Date Bars

December 14, 2020

Are you looking for a different kind of cookie to give as holiday gifts?  Then this retro recipe (hugely popular […]

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Duck Breast With<br> Pomegranate Sauce

Duck Breast With
Pomegranate Sauce

December 11, 2020

Elegant and easy to make, this duck-breast with pomegranate sauce recipe, with its ruby jewels of fruit kernels, is perfect […]

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Homestyle Maid-Rite® Sandwich

Homestyle Maid-Rite® Sandwich

November 17, 2020

Don’t we all crave foods from our childhood, and especially if we’ve moved to an area where they can no […]

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Caramel-Butterscotch Pudding

Caramel-Butterscotch Pudding

October 13, 2020

I love butterscotch pudding, but all the recipes I’ve encountered seem insipid, lacking in both flavor and character. I began […]

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Watercress and Sour Cream Omelet

Watercress and Sour Cream Omelet

September 9, 2020

This unusual watercress and sour cream omelet is one of my favorites, primarily because it offers a very moist and […]

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Gossamer Boston Cream Pie

Gossamer Boston Cream Pie

August 30, 2020

Why on earth is this cake called a pie? According to What’s Cooking in America, which details the history of […]

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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

News

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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