Desserts
“Desserts are served at the end of the meal to revive interest in the meal and to produce a sense of complete satisfaction…they leave a lingering memory of the delicious flavor…and they appeal to the...
View ArticleBathtub Gin and Bacon
“Sometime about the middle of the 1920′s I seem to remember my first bacon-wrapped snack, served to accompany bathtub gin martinis. Good bathtub gin was not without its merits, but it needed food to...
View ArticleSavories & Sweets
“…the very pretext brought forward in support of [serving Savories after Sweets], so erroneous from the gastronomical standpoint, namely, ‘that after a good dinner it is necessary to serve something...
View ArticleRoast Story
“Had Pavlov gone to a few wedding receptions or hung out at a brunch buffet or two he might not have had to measure up spaniel spit. His theories regarding conditioning could easily have proven...
View ArticleI Fry
“Americans adore fried foods and yet we’re willing to entrust the process to tenth graders wearing polyester smocks and funny hats…strange. YOU: What the heck’s so great about frying? ME: Remember the...
View ArticleEmbrace the Sausage
“An acquaintance of ours who was at the time deputy director of food services in Washington for the House of Representatives was asked to prepare a huge meal in honor of Julia Child’s seventieth...
View Article
