The Diva That Ate New York // Monthly archives

2004

January

• Bright lights, big kitchens

  Jackie made her first forays into New York’s food and dining scene during the “radicchio age.”

  Posted by Jackie on Jan 8, 2004 – 3:15 PM
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• Keep on cookin’, don’t stop cookin’

  With strong roots and her passion to guide her, Jackie kept on cooking. She taught herself from cookbooks and food magazines. She cut herself—she learned, she burned stuff—she learned, she poisoned a family member or two—they learned…

  Posted by Jackie on Jan 8, 2004 – 3:00 PM
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• Me cook now

  If there was a table with food on it Jackie wanted to be in the center of it from birth. Try to hold her or cuddle her and she would turn on you. But strategically place her with the food and you had a happy baby, who grew to be the kid who had to cook.

  Posted by Jackie on Jan 6, 2004 – 2:45 PM
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• Is it in the genes? The Italian-Russian-Jewish mob

  Jackie boasts a heritage of culinary riches with her Jamaican-Italian-Russian Jewish roots. It seems both her parents came from foodie families way before the word was ever coined… (Part 2)

  Posted by Jackie on Jan 4, 2004 – 2:30 PM
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• Is it in the genes? Jackie Gordon’s Jamaican roots

  Jackie boasts a heritage of culinary riches with her Jamaican-Italian-Russian Jewish roots. The pursuit and production of delicious food started in her family well before she was born. (Part 1)

  Posted by Jackie on Jan 2, 2004 – 2:15 PM
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