Hints and tips:
...Less adventurous decorators can reserve gloss for cabinets, doors and trims, as seen on the beams of co-founder Virginia Toledo’s dining-room ceiling....
...A glut of plums led to Duncan whipping up several giant Kilner jars worth of plum brandy....
...Add the lemon juice, brandy, rum, and peach brandy to the tea mixture, cover, and refrigerate until cold. (Tightly covered, the punch base will keep for up to three days in the refrigerator.)...
...The notorious marriage to Elizabeth Taylor, whom he met on the set of Cleopatra in 1961, seems indistinguishable from the scenes between the warring couple they played in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?...
...The drink, which smells of apple brandy, burns the throat and stomach, even on a 35°C summer day....
...The letters of Kendall’s wife Virginia, despairing of his lavish lifestyle, were also intercepted....
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