Entries in Food Commentary (37)
A Food Blogger's Daydream Part Deux
Today, as I was taking my morning walk around my neighborhood, my mind began to drift away in a fog of silly notions. Whistling under my breath as I strolled along, I started to speculate as to what it would be like if some famous personalities from the past were active members of today's food blogging community. Hmmmm.....
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A Brief History Of Mardi Gras
Carnival, the riotous and bawdy festival celebrated across Europe and in the Southern region of the United States, has been in existence almost since the beginning of civilization itself.
Over five thousand years ago, Ovid, a poet of ancient Rome, wrote verse about a spring festival that was celebrated to ensure greener pastures and the forgiveness of sins. Greek priests would sacrifice a goat, cut its skin into whips and use them to lash the naked revelers as they danced.
This festival, known as the Lupercalia, evolved throughtout the centuries and spread from Greece to Rome and France, where the festivities became a bit more pleasant, yet still full of lewdness, debauchery and occasional violence. Many revelers, in order to conceal their true identities while behaving in an uncivilized manner, wore masks.
When Christianity took hold, around the the year 600, the Church was appalled at such displays of lewdness and impiety...
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Chef Shaboo Predicts The Future
Hello my little friends! I am Chef Shaboo, a wise seer from the Kitchen in the Great Beyond! Here are my predictions for the future!
In the year 2008...
The Travel Network will debut a new talk show featuring Anthony Bourdain, Rosie O'Donnell and Iggy Pop which will be called Cooking With The New Three Stooges! Each week, viewers will thrill to the sight of Iggy smearing chunky peanut butter on his chest, Rosie wrestling audience members to the ground and Tony drinking an entire case of Carling Black Label beer! Sadly, the show will be cancelled after 6 episodes when...
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My Secret Life as an Alien Gourmand
Dear Diary:
It has been 6 earth years since I have been marooned on this strange planet called Earth. Although, my ship and communication devices have been disabled for some time, I have made a determined effort to assimilate into the human population and gather information for those who will follow me.
While I have mastered most aspects of how these earthlings live, such as patterns of speech, methods of dress and the strata of entertainment these creatures indulge in, I have found the most disturbing facet of this feeble civilization to be the food it eats. Oh the horror!
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