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Roger Sherman (filmmaker)
Roger M. Sherman (born June 26, 1951) is an American filmmaker – a cinematographer, director, producer, still photographer, and author best known for his work in documentary cinema. He is a founder of Florentine Films. His most widely recognized documentaries are ''Alexander Calder'' (1998), ''Richard Rogers: The Sweetest Sounds'' (2001), ''Don't Divorce the Children'' (1989), ''Medal of Honor'' (2008), ''The Restaurateur'' (2010), ''Zapruder and Stolley: Witness to an Assassination'' (2011), his upcoming two-hour PBS special, ''The Search for Israeli Cuisine'', ''The Rhythm of My Soul'' (2006), and ''The American Brew'' (2007). His films have won an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and two Academy Award nominations, among other honors. Early life and education Sherman was born at the Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City on June 26, 1951 to mother, Ray Morris Sherman and father, Lee Sherman (both deceased). He is the second of three sons. Ray founded a day camp for learning d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Cuisine
Israeli cuisine ( he, המטבח הישראלי ) comprises both local dishes and dishes brought to Israel by Jews from the Diaspora. Since before the establishment of the Israel, State of Israel in 1948, and particularly since the late 1970s, an Israeli Jewish fusion cuisine has developed.Gold, Rozann''A Region's Tastes Commingle in Israel'' (July 20, 1994) in ''The New York Times'' Retrieved 2010–02–14 Israeli cuisine has adopted, and continues to adapt, elements of various styles of Arab cuisine and diaspora Jewish cuisine, particularly the Cuisine of the Mizrahi Jews, Mizrahi, Cuisine of the Sephardic Jews, Sephardic and Ashkenazi_Jewish_cuisine, Ashkenazi styles of cooking. It incorporates many foods traditionally included in other Middle Eastern cuisine, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines, so that spices like ''za'atar'' and foods such as ''falafel'', ''hummus'', ''msabbha'', ''shakshouka'' and ''couscous'' are now widely popular in Israel.Gur, ''The Book of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Rose
Charles Peete Rose Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American former television journalist and talk show host. From 1991 to 2017, he was the host and executive producer of the talk show '' Charlie Rose'' on PBS and Bloomberg LP. Rose also co-anchored ''CBS This Morning'' from 2012 to 2017 alongside Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell. Rose formerly substituted for the anchor of the ''CBS Evening News''. Rose, along with Lara Logan, hosted the revived CBS classic ''Person to Person'', a news program during which celebrities are interviewed in their homes, originally hosted from 1953 to 1961 by Edward R. Murrow. In November 2017, Rose was fired from CBS and PBS after ''The Washington Post'' published multiple in-house allegations of sexual harassment from the late 1990s to 2011. His employment at CBS was also terminated, and his eponymous show, ''Charlie Rose'', which used to air on PBS and Bloomberg, was cancelled. Childhood Rose was born in Henderson, North Carolina, the only child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Garden Of Eden (1984 Film)
''The Garden of Eden'' is a 1984 American short documentary film directed by Roger M. Sherman. It was nominated for an Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ... for Best Documentary Short. References External links''The Garden of Eden''at Direct Cinema''The Garden of Eden''at Florentine Films * 1984 films 1984 short films 1984 documentary films American short documentary films 1980s short documentary films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films English-language documentary films {{short-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missy Robbins
Missy Robbins (born 1971) is an American chef who has held a Michelin star at two restaurants, and a contestant on season four of ''Top Chef Masters''. Robbins specializes in Italian cuisine and owns two Italian restaurants in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Lilia and Misi, which opened in 2016 and 2018 respectively. Biography Robbins graduated Georgetown University in 1993, majoring in art history with a minor in psychology. Whilst in her final semester at University she got a job at restaurant 1789 after being inspired by a friend who got a job at another restaurant. After initially working Friday and Saturday nights whilst at University, she went on to work there for a year before moving to New York to attend culinary school at Peter Kump's New York School of Cooking. After she left culinary school, Robbins began to work at the Arcadia restaurant before joininWayne Nishat his restaurant March. She moved to The Lobster Club and Arcadia, in NYC and working with Anne Rosenzweig before t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman (29 August 191529 August 1982) was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films, television movies, and plays.Obituary ''Variety'', 1 September 1982. With a career spanning five decades, she is often regarded as one of the most influential screen figures in cinematic history. According to the ''St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture'', upon her arrival in the U.S. Bergman quickly became "the ideal of American womanhood" and a contender for Hollywood's greatest leading actress. David O. Selznick once called her "the most completely conscientious actress" he had ever worked with. In 1999, the American Film Institute recognised Bergman as the fourth greatest female screen legend of Classic Hollywood Cinema. She won numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, four Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Award and a Volpi Cup. She is one of only four actresses to have received at least three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Jewish Film Festival
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most populous city in Florida and the eleventh-most populous city in the Southeastern United States. The Miami metropolitan area is the ninth largest in the U.S. with a population of 6.138 million in 2020. The city has the third-largest skyline in the U.S. with over 300 high-rises, 58 of which exceed . Miami is a major center and leader in finance, commerce, culture, arts, and international trade. Miami's metropolitan area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida and the 12th largest in the U.S., with a GDP of $344.9 billion as of 2017. According to a 2018 UBS study of 77 world cities, Miami is the second richest city in the U.S. and third richest globally in purchasing power. Miami is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the Canaanites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Solomonov
Michael Solomonov ( he, מייקל סולומונוב; born 1978) is an Israeli chef known for his restaurants in Center City, Philadelphia. His first restaurant Zahav, founded in 2008, has received national recognition including the James Beard Foundation "Outstanding Restaurant" in 2019. Solomonov was also awarded Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic in 2011, Cookbook of the Year in 2016, and Outstanding Chef in 2017 from the James Beard Foundation. In 2021, ''The New York Times'' named his restaurant Laser Wolf as one of "the 50 places in America we're most excited about right now." Early life Solomonov was born in moshav Ganei Yehuda, Israel, to a family of Bulgarian-Jewish descent. He was raised in Pittsburgh, where he attended Taylor Allderdice High School. At the age of 18, he returned to Israel with no Hebrew language skills, taking the only job he could get – working in a bakery – and his culinary career was born. Career At the start of his career, Solomonov moved back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town And Country Magazine
''Town and Country Magazine'' was an 18th-century London-based publication that featured tales of scandals and affairs between members of London's upper classes. History ''Town and Country Magazine'' was founded by Archibald Hamilton in 1769. It gained the name "Town and Country" because Hamilton had two offices, one in urban Clerkenwell and one in a rural area near Highgate. In the 1770s there was a dramatic increase in lawsuits brought by men and their wives' lovers in England. Many people became eager to read transcripts of adultery trials, seeing them as a form of soft-core pornography. ''Town and Country Magazine'' capitalised on the public's interest by running stories on the topic. The initial issues often made political points, but this focus was lost over time. By 1771 ''Town and Country Magazine'' claimed monthly sales of 12,000 copies, although some scholars argue that the actual number was significantly fewer. Prominent contributors included Thomas Chatterton and Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saveur
''Saveur'' is an online gourmet, food, wine, and travel magazine that publishes essays about various world cuisines. The publication was co-founded by Dorothy Kalins, Michael Grossman, Christopher Hirsheimer, and Colman Andrews, who was also the editor-in-chief from 1996 to 2001. It was started by Meigher Communications in 1994. World Publications bought ''Saveur'' and ''Garden Design'' in 2000. World Publications was renamed Bonnier Corporation in 2007. A popular feature is the "Saveur 100", an annual list of "favorite restaurants, food, drink, people, places and things".npr.or'Saveur 100:' Favorites From the World of Food/ref> History ''Saveur'' was created by Dorothy Kalins, then editor-in-chief of ''Metropolitan Home'' magazine. Kalins launched the new food magazine with Christopher Hirsheimer (who produced food stories for ''Metropolitan Home'') and Colman Andrews (who wrote a column for that magazine). Kalins served as ''Saveur''s founding editor-in-chief, with Michael Gross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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