food writing
Things eaten and enjoyed
Good food is meant to be eaten and enjoyed. We cook and we go out for dinner, eating everything and anything that fills us with joy.
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“86” clothes: What we gain when we take everything off
When tension that could be cut with a knife was used to make noodles instead. When we still wore clothes.
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Apple sweet, coffee dark & bitter
We all need to eat. Food will always be an important part of our lives. We all have our own stories and memories; our own sweet apples and bitter coffee.
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We’re always searching, our culinary tongues, for something new to taste
Going out to a restaurant is not only about the food: It’s a unique culinary experience.
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Thoughts on cooking at home
Cooking rice from a big bag of it in the corner. Often potatoes, and canned black beans. Tomatoes if we were lucky, though they never lasted long.
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Restaurant run: Low light for food, fantastic, and categorical phantasm
The smells and tastes of food root deep into the memories we’ll hold onto when we’re old.
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Food & Sex & Everything in between
It’s been said that food is better than sex. It’s not better than sex, but the sensations, the appetites, the hunger do come pretty close.
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When I think of food
I think about the plate, empty, washed by someone with wrinkled fingers forever reeking of sweat and astringent of cleaning chemicals, to be full again.
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After we eat
The meal, consisting of something from the garden, something from Lake Superior, and something that Ralf across the table killed with his hands, is over.
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A taste of the good life | A philosophy of the good life
Life is the smell of black coffee and orange juice in the morning. Fresh pastries, cheese and cured meat, glasses of red wine through long, late dinners…
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