The word "salmagundi" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a combination of different ingredients or items. For example, "The chef prepared a delicious salmagundi of vegetables, fruits, and cheeses."
Early on, the platform was a salmagundi of out-of-focus lifecasts.
"Colin Quinn Unconstitutional" is a salmagundi of alternative history (George Washington loved "setting fires in barns and torturing animals"), mordant rumination ("No praying in school — unless some kid is shooting up the school"), and arresting analogy (he likens the separation of powers to the Three Stooges, with Moe walloping Curly when he gets out of line).
The marketers go around the table, describing the campaign in a salmagundi of "rating points against the target," and "owning fifty per cent of voice on Yahoo," and "MySpace reskins".
Plus, of course, Morton's stories and songs, which demonstrate how he helped create jazz from a salmagundi of blues, classical, and spirituals.
As if to underscore her point, on a nearby table that made up part of the seeming salmagundi of "Creation Myth" sat an insignificant-looking coffee mug emblazoned with the words: "Yes, the details are very important".
It's at the end of one of the most unusual blocks in Fort Greene, from Myrtle Avenue to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a wide downhill boulevard flanked by Greek, Gothic and Italianate houses, an amazing salmagundi of the constructive arts.
More than 40 works by Mr. Wiggins; his father, the renowned cityscape painter Guy Carleton Wiggins; and his grandfather, John Carleton Wiggins, a landscape artist, will be on display beginning Monday at the Salmagundi Club in Greenwich Village, one of the oldest art clubs in the nation.
The Salmagundi Club at No. 47 is also having its brownstone repaired.
His mother is a painter who participated last year in a group show at the Salmagundi Gallery in Manhattan.
ORTLIP--Paul D. The Board of Directors and members of the Salmagundi Club deeply regret the passing of their beloved member.
BECK--James, The Board of Directors and members of the Salmagundi Club deeply regret the passing of their beloved honorary member and metal recipient.
