One of the most evocative names in the business, after more than 60 years on the road the Corvette is still very much the definitive American sports car. Originally intended as a rival for the UK’s Jaguar XK120, it cost almost twice as much as...
I kissed him on the cheek, wished him well, and watched him walk down the street. He kicked at some stones like a little boy scuffling down the street, and he stopped under a lamppost to light a cigarette. Then he squared his shoulders, turned...
MAKES 1 PIE OR QUICHE PAN (DIAMETER 9½ IN [24 CM]) For the dough: 2 cups (250 g) flour, ½ tsp baking powder, ½ cup (100 g) sugar, 1 pinch salt, ½ cup (50 g) ground hazelnuts, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, ½ cup + 1 tbsp (130...
One Mike’s sweet is another Mike’s poison . . ....
MAKES 1 STAR-SHAPED CAKE (FROM A STAR-SHAPED CAKE PAN THAT HOLDS APPROXIMATELY 40 FLUID OZ [1.2 LITERS]) For the dough: 1 cup (230 g) butter, 1 cup + 2½ tbsp (230 g) sugar, 1 tsp (8 g) bourbon vanilla sugar, 1 pinch salt, 4 eggs, 2 cups...
“All I have to do is look into her eyes and she knows what I’m thinking,” Tab Hunter said. There was a hint of amazement on his tanned face. “I’ve been making love to Etchika for two weeks, every day. But conversation is pretty difficult between...
Two oil crises in the 1970s prompted US car buyers to seek more fuel-efficient alternatives to Detroit’s vast and profligate land yachts. At first, those newcomers came from Japanese car-makers, such as Honda and Toyota, and European brands, such as Volkswagen and BMW, which were...
DON’T LET “Kim Novak has to shed 20 pounds . . .” MIKE CONNOLLY, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER HOLLYWOOD “Kim has been given the word. Shed a few pounds . . .” DOROTHY KILGALLEN, JOURNAL-AMERICAN MAKE “Kim is trying to take off 15 pounds . . .” SIDNEY SKOLSKY, NEW YORK POST YOU...
Volkswagen began life with the humble Beetle, Adolf Hitler’s vision of a car for the masses. It was a huge success, becoming the best-selling car of its era, and giving VW a foundation from which it grew into Europe’s biggest car-making group—before the 2015 diesel...
Last month in MODERN SCREEN those four kids of mine raked me over the coals pretty well. Actually, they were fairly mild coals, I suppose, because they’re all sensitive kids, and I don’t think they’ve ever thought of saying anything that would hurt me. Sometimes...