Only a stomach that rarely feels hunger scorns common food. – Horace (c. 30 B.C.)
Food snobs are merely people who covet expensive things. Their tastes are influenced by hearsay, not by their own judgment. They do not know that bean curd tastes better than bird’s next , and seaweed, unless it is of the best quality, does not compare with bamboo shoots. – Yuan Mei, The Menu (1797)
Issac Brekken for the New York Times
Yes, it’s true: ELV, the man, the myth, the book, the website and even his pesky, irritating co-authors were featured yesterday in the Dining & Wine section of the New York Times.
As the Times pretty much represents the Holy Grail of food publicity America, wethinks this represents the pinnacle of our restaurant writing career, and will, accordingly, become more insufferable, imperious, infuriating, elitist and condescending than ever.
But we ask our loyal readers not to fret, as we promise to remember all the little people as we bask in the glow of our new-found fame.
And, as there is a certain da Vinci-esque look…
….to the photo they ran, you may henceforth refer to ELV as “Foodie Jesus.”
That is all.
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It wasn’t cheap (lunch pour deux came to 85 drachmas), but it was surprising.