Monday, September 17, 2007

Happy Birthday, Robert B. Parker!

The Writer's Almanac from American Public Media: "It's the birthday of Robert Brown Parker, (books by this author) born in Springfield, Massachusetts (1932). He created a private eye named Spenser who spends his free time making gourmet food, including 'buffalo tenderloin marinated in red wine and garlic served with fiddle head ferns, corn pudding, and red potatoes cooked with bay leaf,' and 'German sausages with green apples sliced dipped in flour and fried in the sausage fat. Served with coarse rye bread and wild strawberry jam.'

The newest Spenser mystery, entitled Now & Then, will come out this October (2007)."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

And more importantly, it's Jackie's birthday too.

mybillcrider said...

Happy birthday, Jackie! I hope Jeff bought you something expensive.