March 18

George Plimpton was born today in 1927. I so enjoyed his Paris Review, and still do his successor's -- and also the fabulous collections of interviews with authors which he brought out. I enjoyed too listening to Mr. Plimpton in New York one evening years ago...

Speaking of Paris, the luncheon suggestion for today from 365 Luncheon Dishes (from 1902) is Onion Soup. Perhaps you could make it a French Onion Soup; today's so-called exotic dish suggestion from the 365 Foreign Dishes, published in 1908, is what they call French Apple Soufflé.