Love is blind. Just ask the Nazi Low Rider and his Jewish boyfriend. They don’t share a jail cell yet, but are hoping to. If you’re having trouble following this, perhaps these three words will make things a little clearer: Louis Theroux documentary.
Making any form of prediction about American politics at the moment is probably best avoided. Still, it looks like the youth vote could be a decisive factor; as many unders 30s turned up to the Iowa caucus as senior citizens, and Hillary and the gang are taking notice. But how do candidates engage with voters half their age?
Restaurants are often given a bad name. Quite literally in the case of Marylebone’s vegetarian Eat and Two Veg. With a name to make even a provincial barber groan, ETV (I refuse to type it again) rather undermines the meat-free diner’s attempts at contemporary style. It would seem good food does not equal good taste.
Of course, it’s not just vegetarians eateries but all specialist or niche restaurants which seem especially prone to the pun. Could you stomach the Mussel Inn, Thai’d Up or Mad Mex? And could a love affair with falafel survive a meal at Syriandipity?
Catching her eye this year have been Perfect Endings cupcakes from celebrity cakemaker Sam Godfrey (previously responsible for Oprah’s 400lb 50th birthday cake) and gourment orange sorbet. In addition to this are mixing bowls and cake mixer, somewhat undermining those claims of Winfrey’s “healthful” diet.
Best of all is the panini maker which has revolutionised Oprah’s “love sandwich”. To the barbarians who don’t know of it, this is a weekly treat Ms O makes featuring hot pepper cheese, basil and smoked turkey. “It takes the ‘love sandwich’ to a whole new level,” she gushes.
Such is Oprah’s love for food, it seems she’ll do anything to delay leaving the kitchen. Her final favourite thing is a $4000 fridge complete with LCD TV, DVD player, Internet connection and the all important five-day weather forecast. How did the Von Trapps survive without it?
The lemonade is homemade, the canapes piled high and the 50,000-volt stun-gun available in four designer colours. Welcome to the Taser party – “having the girls round”, Arizona-style. Modelled on the innocent Tupperware party, it’s a chance to meet, gossip and try out weaponry illegal in seven US states.
When President Bush’s post-presidency plans were revealed in Robert Draper’s Dead Certain, there was no mention of him writing a book of his own. It suggests he might follow his father by not penning a memoir of his time in office, the only former President in recent memory not to have done so. But, to avoid a gap one the bookshelves between Blair (Tony and Cherie both have books in the offing) and Clinton (Hillary and Bill have two books apiece), George W’s daughter, Jenna, has just published her first book (inspired by her work with Unicef in Latin America), and is working on a second with her mother.
