Scaling Back, Nothing Fishy About It!
To all the wonderful readers of “Gherkins & Tomatoes”: I would like to let you know that starting this week …
Monthly Archives: November 2009
The Feat of Feasting
One cannot both feast and become rich. Ashanti Proverb “Feasting,” for all practical purposes, appears to be the antonym of …
Idylls of Cuisine, #38
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
The Historic Gastronomist
Like old cookbooks? Like old recipes? Then don’t miss this down-to-earth video, shot by Liza de Guia, entitled “The Historic …
Hunger, a Weapon of War
An army marches on its stomach. ~~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~~ Unfortunately, war is the human condition. And where there is …
Tradition, and the Foods of Hunger
In the third never-ending winter, a famine struck the land. You had nibbled me from inside – emptiness pulled my …
Hunger is the Best Sauce
A hungry people listens not to reason, nor cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers. [Lat., Nec rationem …
Starvation and Hunger, Humankind’s Constant Companions: A Pre-Thanksgiving Meditation
Now hunger and [Erysichthon's] belly’s deep abyss exhausted his ancestral wealth, but still hunger was unexhausted and the flame of …
Hunger, Starvation, Famine and the Sweep of Human History
When it comers to food, we humans live in a paradox these days. In the West, there’s too much food …
Idylls of Cuisine, #37
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
