“The crows pick little yellow apples from the old tree by the shed and carry them to some high perch before rifling them for seeds. In this respect they are no different from the people of San Francisco, who like to drink at the Top of the Mark, where they can really see what they’re [...]
Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
The High Life
Posted in Food, Literature on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Outdoors
Posted in Art, Food on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My thanks to Brian Philippi for this treasure from an era when men shined their shoes before grilling.
Never Enough
Posted in Food, Literature, Prohibition, Wine on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“There is one other thing I know I shall never get enough of — champagne. I cannot say when I drank my first prickly, delicious glass of it. I was raised in Prohibition, which meant that my father was very careful about his bootleggers, but the general adult drinking stayed about pinch-bottle Scotch as safest [...]
Mayo
Posted in Food, Literature on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Mayonnaise, real mayonnaise, good mayonnaise, is something I can dream of any time, almost, and not because I ate it when I was little but because I did not. My maternal grandmother, whose Victorian neuroses dictated our family table tastes until I was almost twelve, found salads generally suspect but would tolerate the occasional serving [...]
The Delicious Chalice
Posted in Food, Literature, Religion, tagged coffee on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“O Coffee, thou dispellest the cares of the great, thou bringest back those who wander from the paths of knowledge. Coffee is the beverage of the people of God and the cordial of his servants who thirst for wisdom. When coffee is infused into the bowl, it exhales the odor of musk and is of [...]
Culinary Art
Posted in Food, Skaneateles on October 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I sing the praises of the Klondike Choco Taco, Fudge Grandé (for which the fine print reads, “Fudge Rippled Artificially Flavored Reduced Fat Vanilla Ice Cream in a Sugar Taco Cone with Milk Chocolate Flavored Coating & Peanuts, Artificial Flavor Added, This Is Not a Reduced Fat Snack”) which topped my last meal [...]
Yum
Posted in Food, Literature on October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Just when you thought you couldn’t swallow another soupçon, three new autumnal cookery shows are plonked on the already groaning board. First, the moreish Nigella Express (Monday, BBC2), offering speedy things to do in the kitchen. As far as I’m concerned, there isn’t anything like enough Nigella or voluptuous coquetry on television. She has developed [...]
