Shrink in the Kitchen

Why Talk about Food When There’s a War on OR The Gourmet’s Guide to Berlin, circa 1941…Scott Haas Analyzes The Bunker Mentality

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Entries from February 2012

Davy Jones, R.I.P.

February 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary

I was sitting at my desk when I heard the news.  Where were you when it happened?  Say what you like about Al Green, James Brown, and Marvin Gaye, Davy Jones had an appeal all his own that went to …

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I Need To Get Out More Often

February 28th, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary

Holed up here for most of the winter, building fires and being held hostage by dogs, it came as a startling revelation, which is akin to a dull revelation, but has sparks, to find that two big events are taking …

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I’m Alive Again

February 25th, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary

I’m alive again.
Yesterday I saw 11 people in Hyannis and drove 5 hours r/t.  Exhausting: Opiates, alcohol, low I.Q., trauma.  ”Nice….,” as Santos would say.
Drove through a forested area–Blue Hills–on the way home, in the rain, with the …

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Booked & Banned

February 23rd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Commentary

In the PLUS column, signified here by the symbol of a “+,” which can be found in Sumerian texts alongside fabulous recipes for brewing beer, is a piece in Improper Bostonian (2/29/12) on my upcoming book. Originally titled, “Best Beach …

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