Arts & Letters

Encyclopedic reference isn’t designed to entertain unless you’re part of the nerd herd like me. Arts & Letters changes all that!

Impressionist master. Renown landscape architect. Salacious, Scorpionic curmudgeon. And foodie! Meet the Claude Monet you may know and some biographical highlights you might not.

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. …. The man who never reads lives only one.”

From dancing with dragons to giving gamers a fantasy adventure, George Martin’s work extends far beyond Game of Thrones. Dubbed “the American Tolkien”, as a writer and more, he also has lived a thousand lives.

This entry features a pocket-friendly recipe for a different kind of “liquid lunch” created by one of America’s favorite comics. But there’s more to Steve Martin than chuckles and gags. Here’s a glimpse into this multigenerational talent that goes beyond the laughs. Oh … And you might this twice before packing his recipe to go.