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<\/a>John Saxon.<\/p><\/div>\n
Growing-up, I knew of him as a screen heartthrob. And he was, indeed, equally handsome in person. I know that because, down the line, I had the good fortune to work with him. Twice. He was a lovely man.<\/p>\n
John Saxon and I met when I was a guest on an afternoon talk show that he was co-hosting for the week. Because he always looked so serious in films, I was actually intimidated when I learned that he\u2019d be a part of my segment. Which was cooking! Which I did not do at that point in life. At all!<\/p>\n
Because I was a restaurant critic on TV, people assumed I could cook. But, of course, I could not\u2014that\u2019s why I was a restaurant critic! So I could go out to eat all the time. But when that show\u2019s talent coordinator called to book me, she first asked, \u201cCan you cook?\u201d Since I didn\u2019t want to lie with an answer in the affirmative, I got out of telling the exact truth with the vague reply, \u201cWho can\u2019t?!\u201d So when they gave me a date to appear on the show, I came up with the brilliant idea to cook a dish from my favorite restaurant. Clever, right?<\/p>\n
<\/a>John Saxon.<\/p><\/div>\n
But when my less-than-exemplary cooking skills weren\u2019t working-out perfectly, (or even close to it,) on air, John was very supportive. He told me I was so funny, even though it was the one time I was hoping to not<\/em> be! He put me at ease before the segment and made me feel better after it.<\/p>\n Without even a modicum of hitting on me, (which was far from the norm in those days, trust me, and I really appreciated it,) John asked me to be on an Ellery Queen<\/em> magazine cover with him a couple of weeks later! I couldn\u2019t believe it. After years of modeling when I was younger, this would be my first magazine cover!<\/p>\n