Eternity is two people and a ham. – Anonymous
No, we’re not going all David Ross or ChezPim on you — cooking-and-food-foto-wise — but one of the highlights of our eating year is a Col. Bill Newsom’s Country Ham from his smokehouse in Princeton, Kentucky. So we’d thought we’d share this little bit of the primordial/artisanal food world with you, along with the work that goes into it.
Even though it was published over a year ago, we just finished The Food Snob’s Dictionary by David Kamp and Marion Rosenfeld (2007 Broadway Books) — given to us this Christmas by Anthony Robert Curtas — The Official Number One Son of ELV — a k a our staff. It’s a fascinating, funny, must-read for any food snob or food snob wannabe worth their fleur de sel.
Just for grins and giggles — and because it seemed like the ultimate food snob thing to do* — we thought we’d point out the glaring omissions, annoyances and mistakes contained therein (along with credit given (Forgiveness Factors) for some of the many noteworthy things also within its pages):
“It’s a major award! I won it!” – The Old Man (Darren McGavin) to his neighbor in A Christmas Story
It’s that time of year again Food For Thought fans…Time for the News 88.9 FM KNPR-Nevada Public Radio MAJOR RESTAURANT AWARDS….
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