Restaurateuse

Jonathan Hazard remembered, ‘Lee takes being a restaurateuse very seriously. Do you know she won’t marry me because she might have to give it up if she did?’

We were sitting in a studio, an odd mix of people who included another now good friend, Myrtle Allen of Ballymaloe House in Ireland. She is a restaurateuse of great distinction, suitably garlanded by Michelin, and she had just opened an eating house in Paris.

“When I was a little teenager, I was workin’” – restaurateuse. Rancher: “Kids don’t realize.” “My kids say, ‘Don’t talk about the dark ages.’ I say to them, ‘You may be seein’ more of ’em!’” Talking, refills author’s coffee.

It's not a spin-off, since none of the characters are the same. (the fact that the actress is the same doesn't make it a spin-off--in Cheers she played a cheery British barmaid and in C.A. she was a crusty American restaurateuse.) However, it is an example of a rip-off sitcom (using the same basic premise that has succeeded elsewhere).

It was on that occasion and many more like it that I got to know a great Morelian cook and restaurateuse, Livier Ruiz, who has become a cherished friend. I have published a few of her recipes before and here is one of hers and two simple ones from the food fair.

<> / Uh, make that Costa Rica. I've had a problem with vowels ever since I read the following in the NY Post: / >RESTAURATEUSE Hayne Jason - who / >describes her Lucky Cheng's as an Epcot / >center for fetishists - hopes Ivana Trump / >has a thick skin. The 4,000 color / >brochures which just came back from the / >printer contain several photos of celebrity / >patrons. But the caption under one / >identifies The Donald's first wife as Ivana / >Tramp.

I enjoyed the review of Empress of India; Scott was the one that turned us on to it. Jeannie is one of the few restaurateuses that is willing to work with my wife's celiac disease; she regards it as a challenge to her artistry.

The Grauniad had an interview last month with no. 66, a San Francisco restaurateur (or rather restaurateuse) with Norwegian and Brazilian citizenship.