lucretia borgia wrote:
> "Bob (this one)" >,in rec.food.cookingwrote:
> and entertained us with
>> notbob wrote:
>>> On 2006-03-26, Doug Kanter > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I learned from Julia that it's sometimes OK (or necessary) to knock down a
>>>> half bottle of wine when you're cooking. :-)
>>> You'd have loved Justin Wilson. He operated on the premise the recipe
>>> should get half as much wine as he did ...preferrably second!
>> He came to my radio program half-sozzled. We proceeded to get the rest
>> of the way together while we were on the air. We drank his "Thomas
>> Justin Collinses."
>>
>> Great guy...
>>
>> Pastorio
>
> Is he still with us ? I enjoyed his shows although I don't like that
> style of cooking.

No, Justin Wilson is no more. He passed away in 2001.

Meanwhile, let the news go forth that the widespread reports of Julia's
generous on-air tippling are exaggerations. Julia didn't drink as she
worked, and in fact the "wine" she would pour when her finished meal was
served at the end of an episode was (and I always thought this was
well-known) Gravy Master-colored water. Even so, the tale still lives as
large as the one about the day she dropped a turkey on the air... or was
it a chicken? Either way, didn't happen.