This I Have Learned … Their Favorite Things!

Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg

We received a “Catalog of Favorites” in the mail the other day. Favorites? Well, the catalog was a clothing catalog and, frankly, I am about tapped out on clothes these days, at least until I cull previously termed favorite clothes out of my closet.

But there are other favorites that could be talked about here: favorite foods, TV shows, music, books, movies, sports, to name a few.

But thinking of favorites—foods and music in particular—here are some people you may have heard of and their food and music favorites. Some of these may surprise you!

Food:

John F. Kennedy: Tarragon Chicken

Barbra Streisand: Either pommes de terres soufflées and Steak Diane or a great Nathan’s hot dog and French fries

Frank Sinatra: Stuffed artichokes

Venus Williams: Cherry pie

Marilyn Monroe: Steak

Tony Bennett: Pasta

Paul McCartney: A vegetarian diet

Brian Wilson: Vegetables and salmon

Albert Einstein: A vegetarian diet

Richard Nixon: Meatloaf

Ruth Bader Ginsberg: Scottish smoked salmon (lox) and caviar

Neil Armstrong: Spaghetti with meat sauce, scalloped potatoes

Tiger Woods: Steak and potatoes

Music:

John F. Kennedy: Jazz

Barbra Streisand: Apparently, her own!

Frank Sinatra: Jazz

Venus Williams: Hip Hop

Marilyn Monroe: Jazz

Tony Bennett: Also, his own!

Paul McCartney: Anything by Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson: The Beatles, The Four Freshmen, George Gershwin

Albert Einstein: Mozart

Richard Nixon: Jazz and Country

Ruth Bader Ginsberg: Opera

Neil Armstrong: Country

Tiger Woods: Hip Hop

And my favorite food? Street tacos. Music? Anything by Stan Getz and, of course, the Beatles!

Ever thought about your favorite foods or music?