From the mixed-up files of me

Not to heap a barrage of ego-boosting on this micro-blog, but Lorna Sass is one of the coolest ladies I have ever met. And I am deeply humbled by her “vicarious” enjoyment of my drunken bike-riding nights (hey, they were fun as long as I didn’t crash). I have met Lorna twice; she is just the animated, sprightly, spunky, seventies-something you might imagine from the same twenty-something, only her hair is a bit to the greyer side of blonde. She also has a James Beard award and wears it like bling. Tough one, indeed — and her signature is slow cooking.