I miss a cigarette or two after dinner. The rounding off, the sense of completion, the various other euphemisms for the sating of an addiction to something one has been denied for a bit. Then there’s the satisfying realignment of the table. The plates and dishes removed and in their place an ashtray and the [...]
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Noir, a nice bit of fish, and a lungful
Posted in Films, Uncategorized, tagged chinatown, cigarettes, fish served with its head on, giving up smoking, jack nicholson, john huston, smoking on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mastering the art of existentialism
Posted in Books, Films, Having people over, tagged bouef bourguignon, Elizabeth David, French Provincial Cooking, Julia Child, Julie & Julia, Julie Powell, Mastering The Art Of French Cooking, Meryl Streep, sole meuniere on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The culinary talisman of 2009′s gastro-flick Julie and Julia is the heroic blogger’s making of a boeuf bourguignon. From what I recall of the film, the first time she attempts this stew she drops it on the floor, and the second time she falls asleep and forgets to take it out of the oven. This [...]
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