her relationship to her mother was a lot more problematic. catherine was a southern belle. she was a woman that had come from georgia, swept off her feet by the cosmopolitan hearst heir. i wouldn t call her snobby, but she had an upper class kind of attitude. her mother wanted patty to do well in school, come out in society, go to college. but basically lead her mother s life. she was in rebellion against some of the strictures her mother in particular imposed on her like convent schools. she loathed convent schools. and she got thrown out of several of them. she wanted independence. she wanted to become an adult was really what it was.
i first met her. a little stuck up. she had the sunglasses on, you know, the expensive watch. she was a little snobby. reporter: well, at least she was at first. but so what made you friends? proximity.
just this spoon is absolutely gorgeous, you know? fred has a wonderful collection of tableware. without getting, you know, snobby or elitist, you know, the eating off vintage, uh, tableware is one of the great joys out of life. anthony: well, this is the interesting paradox of you guys. on one hand, you aspire to run a democratic establishment, open to all. and yet you are hopeless romantics when it comes to fred: painful nostalgics. anthony: the art of living. right? fred: yeah. anthony: what the [ muted ]? sustenance is required. holy [ muted ]. look at this. like, say, a consommé of oxtail to begin. followed perhaps by a chilled lobster a la parisienne? david: the art of dining is kind of disappearing, much to our chagrin. i work super hard at being an excellent dining companion. anthony: when seeking excellence in a dining companion, what qualities does one look for? david: i turn my phone off. i you know, i never put my elbows on the table. i don t anthony
anthony: yeah. david: but the funnest part about the restaurant business, isn t it the cutlery? just this spoon is absolutely gorgeous, you know? fred has a wonderful collection of tableware. without getting, you know, snobby or elitist, you know, the eating off vintage, uh, tableware is one of the great joys out of life. anthony: well, this is the interesting paradox of you guys. on one hand, you aspire to run a democratic establishment, open to all. and yet you are hopeless romantics when it comes to fred: painful nostalgics. anthony: the art of living. right? fred: yeah. anthony: what the [ bleep ]? sustenance is required. holy [ bleep ]. look at this. like, say, a consommé of oxtail to begin. followed perhaps by a chilled lobster a la parisienne? david: the art of dining is kind of disappearing, much to our chagrin. i work super hard at being an excellent dining companion. anthony: when seeking excellence in a dining companion, what qualities does one look for?
ausoleils thrown in there. fred: they re delicious. and my prized possession, those little alsace glasses. david: fred s wonderful alsace glasses. anthony: yeah. david: but the funnest part about the restaurant business, isn t it the cutlery? just this spoon is absolutely gorgeous, you know? fred has a wonderful collection of tableware. without getting, you know, snobby or elitist, you know, the eating off vintage, uh, tableware is one of the great joys out of life. anthony: well, this is the interesting paradox of you guys. on one hand, you aspire to run a democratic establishment, open to all. and yet you are hopeless romantics when it comes to fred: painful nostalgics. anthony: the art of living. right? fred: yeah. anthony: what the [ bleep ]? sustenance is required. holy [ bleep ]. look at this. like, say, a consommé of oxtail to begin. followed perhaps by a chilled lobster a la parisienne? david: the art of dining is kind of disappearing, much to our chagrin