Interviewed by Moristotle
I was delighted to meet Sandi Dalton sometime last year when I visited Chef Benjamin Messaoui’s French Corner Bakery (in Durham, North Carolina). There she was behind the counter, greeting customers Bon jour! I was happy for Benjamin to have Sandi at the counter, and happy for Sandi to be countering in so fine a bakery. (Benjamin’s interview was published on April 15.)
Over the course of many returns to Chef Benjamin’s bakery, I learned enough about his new assistant to want to learn more, and to realize that our readers deserved to know Sandi too. So, I asked her if she would be willing to answer some questions, which are included here in italics.
Interview with Chef Benjamin Messaoui
Interviewed by Moristotle
My wife’s and my absolute favorite bakery anywhere in the world outside Paris is The French Corner Bakery, in Durham, North Carolina, right around the corner from Elliotte’s Pet Spa, where we regularly take Siegfried for baths and grooming. (It seems to be Elliotte’s and James’s favorite bakery too, judging by how often one of them pops out of the spa to go around the corner.)
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Edited by Morris Dean
[Anonymous selections from recent correspondence]
You will like this snippet, Morris, from the June 14 NY Times Book Review section, "By the Book," featuring Judd Apatow, and you will wickedly choose to include it as a fish next Friday. Apatow is asked several questions about books, including this question: "Disappointing, overrated, just not good: What book did you feel you were supposed to like, and didn't?"
