I am tenacious and I love to eat

Maybe that's what it takes to live to ninety-nine.  In reading her recent obituary in The NY Times, it was that quote that I loved:  "In  2010, she gave The Chicago Tribune a terse assessment of her work. 'I am tenacious,' she said. 'And I love to eat.”  Diana Kennedy, author of Mexican cookbooks who died at 99."

She was considered the Julia Child of authentic Mexican cuisine, although she would have disdained the comparison, as she did much of the foodie scene.  Yet another amazing woman who made an interesting, productive life--and did it her way!