{"id":5051,"date":"2025-01-20T22:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T22:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?p=5051"},"modified":"2025-01-19T22:37:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T22:37:45","slug":"over-here-at-the-new-yorker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?p=5051","title":{"rendered":"Over Here at The New Yorker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eustace Tilley, the New Yorker mascot who has graced the cover since the first issue<\/p><\/div>\n

My relationship with The New Yorker<\/em> goes so far back I\u2019m unable to remember when it began. Maybe my parents showed me a cartoon. Or, as an older kid, I saw the magazine on a table or in a magazine rack, (an oddity from another world), and it called to me. For years I have read it religiously, sometimes browsing the cartoons first and going back to the articles. I miss the \u2018old\u2019 Around Town section now reduced to three picks and find some articles way too long but there\u2019s always something to enjoy.<\/p>\n

An exhibition, Drawn From the New Yorker<\/em>, celebrating the publication\u2019s centennial, recently opened. \u00a0It\u2019s at the Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd<\/sup> Street. Founded in 1901, the Society is the oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to the art of illustration in the U.S. The exhibit showcases more than one hundred artworks, mostly cartoons, that have been published in the magazine (and a few that never were).<\/p>\n

The opening was jammed and lively with a group of musicians including a pianist and a woman dressed in flapper style who played the guitar and the washboard while singing \u00a0songs of the 20s and 30s (aka Miss Maybell.)<\/p>\n

Sometimes I look at a cartoon, can\u2019t figure out what\u2019s funny about it and don\u2019t think I\u2019m alone. However, the magazine\u2019s covers are almost always terrific.\u00a0 The exhibition\u00a0 includes many well-known artists\u2019 work ranging from Helen Hokinson, who took a jab at the daily lives and social scenes of the 1920s and 30s; to James Thurber,<\/p>\n

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One of Thurber’s famous cartoons<\/p><\/div>\n

who wrote wonderful stories and drew terrific cartoons;<\/p>\n

to Peter Arno, actually, Curtis Arnoux Peters, Jr., who contributed from the start of the magazine; to Roz Chast, a staff cartoonist who has published more than 1000 cartoons in The New Yorker <\/em>since 1978.<\/p>\n

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If you are a New Yorker fan and can make it happen you will probably love this exhibit (which will set you back $15). The house is pretty cute by itself and the crowds will have thinned. Here\u2019s the website for details: https:\/\/societyillustrators.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cartoon’s caption: Mother: eat your broccoli. Child: I say it’s spinach and I say to hell with it<\/p><\/div>\n

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My father thought this cartoon, originally published in The New Yorker December 8, 1928, was funny and repeated it to me (a very picky eater as a kid) often.\u00a0 I like spinach now but then, not so much. Regardless of your feelings about vegetables, here is an easy recipe for a spinach omelet.<\/p>\n

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Photo, The Kitchn<\/p><\/div>\n

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1 cup baby spinach, packed<\/p>\n

1\u00a0\u00a0 tablespoon unsalted butter<\/p>\n

2\u00a0\u00a0 large eggs, beaten (with a whisk or fork, your call)<\/p>\n

1\/8 teaspoon coarse salt plus more for seasoning<\/p>\n

Freshly ground black pepper)<\/p>\n

1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese<\/p>\n

Wilt spinach in some butter (some= about 1 Tbs.) to get rid of some of the moisture. Transfer it to a plate or bowl.<\/p>\n

Melt another tablespoon or so of butter in the same pan, add the beaten eggs and cook until the top is almost set but just a little bit wet.<\/p>\n

Take the pan off the heat so the eggs don\u2019t overcook. Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese on one half of the eggs, then top with the spinach. Fold the other side of the eggs over the filling. Slide the omelet onto a plate and eat or serve.<\/p>\n

Harold Ross was an original member of the Algonquin Round Table who used his contacts to start The New Yorker<\/em>. I bet he had little use for spinach.<\/p>\n

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Harold Ross, founder of The New Yorker<\/p><\/div>\n

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