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Show In Their Own a full set of Titanic recipes, such as “Roasted Squab on Wilted Cress” and “Chocolate Painted Eclairs With French Vanilla Cream,” has been meticulouslyrecreated. There even are instructions (including proper napkinfolding) for “Hosting a Titanic Dinner,”just in case i] People with an insatiable appetite for Titanic books will surely gobble up Last Dinner on the Titanic: Menus and Re~ cipes from the GreatLiner,by Rick Archbold and Dana McCauley (Hyperion, 95), Everything from whowas sitting st-cla loon to the bill of fare in third d and thoroughlyillustrated, and you want to replicate the last- | nightfestivities in your own, home, Readingthis slightly sybaritic book, one is somehow remindedofa couple of lines in Housman’s Last Poem. ‘ ter boose than brine,/But he that drowns mustdrink it. Somethingto think about as you fold those napkins, ‘The art ofthe tape-recordedinterview is raised to anew level by Barbaralee Diamonstein in Singular Voices: Conversations With Americans Who Make a Difference (Abrams paperback, $19.95). Diamonstein, a former White House assistantandthefirst Director of Cultural Affairs of New York City, has gathered extended conversations with 17 significant people of the day. ‘There’s an enormous range:The feminist Gloria Steinem, novelist and gay activist Larry Kramer,opera singer Beverly Sills, former PresidentJimmy Carter and Nobel Lau- reate Elie Wiesel are among those who havetheir say. An inevitableresult of this variety is that there’s no cent themeorfocus, except that all haveled creative andfruitfullives, SINGULAR. : aes) haveinteresting Een PCaaad Stories to recount and stimulating viewpoints to present. Under Diamonstein’s probing questioning, a wellrounded picture emerges of each individual. CHILDREN Polar Bear on the Go It’s not only teddy bearsthat hold an undying apy 1 to children, Otherursine species do pretty well too. ittle Polar Bear, Take Me p= -- Homel, by Hans de Beer (North-South Books, $15.95), a good recent example. The story may be bit far-fetched—all about a young polar bear ou have to go who meets up with a tiger cub on a freight apparently on the Trans-Siberian Railroad for erRea All you needis —butno matter. Theil- elie dita Oa n BRITA lustrationsare charming, and the travelers’ ad- ventures, including encounters with a helpful snow owland friendly camel, are fun to follow,right to the inevitable happy ending. PAGE 24» MAY 4,1997» PARADE MAGAZINE |
