The very first recipe in my battered up old Julia Child cookbook (Mastering the Art of French Cooking) is potage Parmentier, a leek and potato soup, served hot, which I guess is what makes it not vichyssoise. I’ve been making… Read More
In 1631, Charles I ordered an English printer to print 1,000 copies of the Bible. It contained a typo. The Seventh Commandment was missing a “not” and read “Thou shalt commit adultery.”