December 2008
4 posts
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Compendium
My collaboration with Giovanni in 2008 can be seen here (my blog) or here (the original blog).
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Cookbooks
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How to Get the Most Out of Your War Rations and Every Girl’s Cookery Book spell minor miracles made from dripping or cabbage boiled for twenty minutes but also stand a test of time: the oven timer, the tasting test (from Grandma I learned a lesson in love: for whom you cherish, you bake a slice).
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Caravaggio and Matthew
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Matthew went to Antioch, as did the people who made him their book; they wrote it after Titus took or rather, took out, Jerusalem. This new-made gospel, I was taught, was built on a bed of I-told-you-sos; the temple that expelled the cult, now ashy rubble on the hill.
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You Cannot Press A Flower Between Two Web Pages
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The jungle is filled with hypotheses, for the reasons that I’m about to explain. The Euro of course put an end to all that, amongst the verdant and luxuriant flora. The old book is still capable, and he points to the last page: the chap in the picture is Vincenzo Bellini. It wasn’t terribly hard to find. Don’t waste your time retorting. The murderer was...