Today, I’m recommending a book I’ve just read. Star Island, by Carl Hiaasen. This is one of his older books, published in 2010, but it’s funny. If you haven’t read any of his work, check this one out.
The recipe featured today is one of my favorites. If you aren’t familiar with it, I hope you’ll give it a try. It doesn’t keep well so make sure most of it will be eaten the day you make it.
For the foolishness section today, I’ve added the SNL skit of Gail King’s interview with R. Kelley. It’s hilarious!!
As always, thanks for dropping by. I’d love for you to leave a comment.
Fiction
Meet 22-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen-and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster.
Now meet Cherry again: in the person of her “undercover stunt double,” Ann DeLusia. Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too “indisposed”– meaning wasted — to go out in public. And it is Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry who is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by obsessed paparazzo Bang Abbott.
Now the challenge for Cherry’s handlers (über-stage mother; horndog record producer; nipped, tucked, and Botoxed twin publicists; weed whacker-wielding bodyguard) is to rescue Ann while keeping her existence a secret from Cherry’s public — and from Cherry herself. The situation is more complicated than they know. Ann has had a bewitching encounter with Skink, the unhinged former governor of Florida living wild in a mangrove swamp, and now he’s heading for Miami to find her . . .
Will Bang Abbott achieve his fantasy of a lucrative private photo session with Cherry Pye? Will Cherry sober up in time to lip-synch her way through her concert tour? Will Skink track down Ann DeLusia before Cherry’s motley posse does? All will be revealed in this hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane.
Food
Seven Layer Salad
In a large bowl, place 1 head shredded lettuce. The bowl will be over half full.
Over the lettuce, add in layers:
½ cup chopped bell pepper
½ cup chopped celery
½ cup chopped purple onion
10 oz. frozen English peas, cooked and drained
Then spread 1 pint mayonnaise over salad
sprinkle 2 TBS. sugar over mayo
Add 4-6 ozs. Of grated cheddar cheese
Then top with 6-8 slices of crispy fried bacon.
Cover with plastic wrap, seal well, and refrigerate until served.
Foolishness
