I have often seen Frasier and Niles wince at what they perceive is the low-brow commonness of their father’s tastes in everything, food or drink or art or furniture. I am reminded of this when I encounter the following rant in Christopher Wood’s 2004 novel of the movie business California, Here I am: Around an [...]
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Wood’s Gastronomic Murder
Posted in books, coffee, cointreau, food, liquor, usa, tagged books, california here i am, christopher wood, food, frasier on 12/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Package Deal
Posted in china, coffee, food, france, italy, music, usa, tagged food, life magazine, music on 28/04/2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Aug 17, 1962, Life magazine‘s Life Guide section had a brief note of the continuation of a fad for ‘package-deal’ music albums. MUSIC TO CHOKE ON. Furthering the fad for package-deal albums, the four-volume Sounds and Tastes of Foreign Lands series encloses a cookbook with each long-play record, providing both music and recipes for [...]
Coffee, The Right Way
Posted in books, coffee, tagged books, coffee on 16/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 1854, John Henry Wilton published a book titled The First Crime; Or True Friendship, which, he claimed, was upon the importunations of his friends who wished to learn all about his peripatetic life. I haven’t read the book, but this passage seems par for its course. Harry stopped short the tale, and bid Bothwick [...]
