Christian Living
A former magazine writer and editor, John Shore’s life as a Christian writer began the moment when, at 38 years old, he was very suddenly (and while in a supply closet at his job, of all places) walloped by the benevolent hand of God.
John's most recent book is Midlife Manual for Men, which he co-authored with Stephen Arterburn, author of the best-selling Every Man series and host of the nationally syndicated Christian radio show, New Life Live. Midlife Manual is the first of four books John and Steve will be writing together for Bethany House Publishers; the next, Being Christian, will be out in September 2008. John is also the author of I'm OK--You're Not: The Message We're Sending Non-Christians and Why We Should Stop (NavPress); Penguins, Pain and the Whole Shebang (Seabury Books); and co-author, with Richard Lederer, of Comma Sense (St. Martin's). Both Penguins and Comma Sense won San Diego Book Awards for best books in their respective categories (Religious/Spiritual, and How To/Reference).
As partially recounted here, I just moved into an apartment complex. In the laundry room of this complex is a modest stack of books and magazines you can read whilst awaiting your fresh laundry. In that stack I today found a trade-sized paperback, entitled, "Pilar Wayne's Favorite and Fabulous Recipes" (1982, PAX Publishing Company, Costa Mesa, CA). Pilar Wayne, I read, was married to Hollywood icon John Wayne, from 1954 to 1976. Besides being married to America's Cowboy, she was also apparently quite the cook.
And she had signed the book, too! There was her name, right below, "And to my children for testing the recipes and being my most severe critics."
Evidently, one of the things that Pilar particularly enjoyed making was the fish dish above, which I'm sure is delicious. The recipe is below. In glancing through it I saw the intriguing ingredients, "2 envelopes unflavored gelatin," "1/2 cup mayonnaise," and "tabasco," but that was all I had time to read before my clothes were ready and I had to leave.
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