blue artichoke

The next time you find yourself with miles to go before you sleep, literally, I highly recommend getting an audio book. Any interesting book will do, but if you like food, and I know you do, I recommend Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl. It’s long, so it will take you on down the road. It’s also great, written with such detail that you’ll either slobber all over yourself as you drive or you’ll arrive at your destination as I did, sated and satisfied, as if I had spent ten hours dining on tender steaks, crunchy fried potatoes, caviar and earthy truffles. I haven’t finished the book, so there’s more for my drive back home next week, but already I’m reminded of the greatest meals I’ve eaten, the food, the flavors, the atmosphere, the company. So often I cook dinner, we eat and give a thumbs-up or -down review, and move on to the clean up, the meal soon forgotten. Rarely do I stop to consider the food, to savor the flavors, to remember the meal. This book chides me for my neglect and urges me to pay attention to food again. It also makes me wish I lived near a good wig shop.

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