Where exactly did you move to?
A loft. Downtown. It is exactly what I need: a large open space where the kitchen opens to the dining area, which in turn opens to the living area – all merging into an organic whole, ideal for a person who wants to cook for others and have them be present there, socially integrated into the process of putting food on the table…
Wow. So how long have you lived there?
Four months now.
And you’ve had bunches of people, eating together at the loft, enjoying each others' company, merging into an organic whole… wow.
More like an organic hole: there hasn’t been much of that actually. One housewarming dinner thing back in early October.
But you’ve cooked for your family and the occasional person that stops by?
Oh sure, that occasional person has had soups and stuff… Organic, but in the agricultural sense…
And family? Surely your motherly nin-clinations have led you to outdo yourself?
Indeed: I was glued to the kitchen space for Christmas Eve, Christmas breakfast, Christmas lunch, Christmas dinner. The buck, or rather the stove, stopped there. It did not help that we all decided clothes were getting tight.
So now, you still have daughters starved for their favorite mommy-meals, drifting in and out of the loft… are you cooking?
Well, no. You're asking why? (pause for profound thought…) I want to support the local chefs, that’s it! They’re having a rough go of it, what with people getting their credit card bills after the holidays, students being gone. I’m doing this for charitable reasons.
tonight's great sacrifice
I nominate you blogmostedible. stop making me hungry.
ReplyDeleteFor us uncultured boors who come to Ocean to learn about life and the world that we don't normally see: what is that food?
ReplyDeleteSome kind of sushi
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ReplyDelete-- cultured boor
Asia: I nominate myself as blogger-most-eats-a-lot. It's next day already for you. Go snack.
ReplyDeleteAnons: if you love me you'll use names.
There are four types of sushi rolls there:
a California roll, a roll with gords, a shrimp tempura roll and finally, the piece de resistance --thus ordered in double quantity -- a roll with shrimp tempura, tuna, crab, avocado and who knows what else, and it is the who knows what else that really sets it off.
Thanks for the ID. I admit I'm the uncultured boor Anonymous who asked. Sushi (looking like that at least) and I have just never crossed paths in my near 34 years. I guess it's worth seeking out. Any recommendations?
ReplyDeleteWere you eating at Edo? The food looks great.
ReplyDeleteHey, let's go out for sushi sometime soon. You clearly are ordering more adventurous choices than me.
Karton and Tonya: These rolls are from Wasabi on State Street. Really, for basic sushi, that place can't be topped, at least not within a 100 mile radius.
ReplyDeleteIf you go to Wasabi (Tonya -- anytime!), you have to spring for the roll of rolls -- it's called Spicy Ken and you see it in the middle of the plate on the photo, with ingredients described in my previous comment. Though I neglected to mention the eel sauce and scallions.)
For more refined sushi, of course there's Muramoto (closed for winter break --so Madison!).
The sushi picture and description are great but I'd love to see the various Christmas menus. Will you adopt a hungry son? I'll move the car when you are in Evanston, in exchange.
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