Chase wasn’t just a chef, thought “she would argue that there is no greater calling than feeding people. She spread her message through cookbooks, countless media interviews and television shows. Princess Tiana, the waitress who wanted to own a restaurant in the animated Disney feature The Princess and the Frog, was based on Mrs. Chase. [Tiana] was the first African-American princess in a Disney movie.” – The New York Times
Tag: 06.02.19
Leonardo Expert Will Not Certify ‘Salvator Mundi’ As His Work
Carmen Bambach, a curator at the Met, says no. “In her forthcoming four-volume study of the polymath – a vast project spanning more than 1m words and 1,500 images – Bambach attributes most of the picture to Leonardo’s assistant, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, with only ‘small retouchings’ by the master himself.” – The Guardian (UK)
One Place The Print Newspaper Is Still Relevant: Deadwood
The paper that plays a major role in the series and new movie, The Black Hills Pioneer, is real, and it’s still around … and you can read the archives. “The editorial voice of the paper stayed constant. It reads more like a blog than a modern newspaper: There’s no faux-disinterested ‘view from above’; the Pioneer is clearly the product of specific people with a specific point of view.” – Slate
Turkish Novelist Elif Shafak Calls For Support For Writers As The Country’s Prosecutors Examine Her Novels
The Erdogan government has become a nastily anti-art authoritarian regime, Shafak says. “‘Turkey today is the world’s leading jailer of journalists,’ she told the Hay Festival. ‘It’s also very tough for academics. Thousands of people have lost their jobs just for signing a peace petition.'” – The Observer (UK)