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 August 2012

Countdown to the Bombing of Qum with Snacks

August 31st, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary

I was loaded into a van as soon as I left the house, after walking the dogs, and with a sack over my head it was impossible to tell who I was with or where we were going.

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Another Day, Another Dollar

August 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary

My goodness, so much is going on in the world today and each and every day that it’s a wonder that focus is even on the table.  For starters, a levee was breached in New Orleans and massive flooding is …

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It’s Writing Weather

August 28th, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary

It’s writing weather, and you know what that means.  Having been a duck in a past life, it means rain and overcast skies, thoughts of Miles and solos by Bill Evans and Coltrane.  It means thinking about buying the new …

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There It Is

August 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Commentary

A view of the Hudson, twenty-floor floors above the streets, and so little commotion on Canal and in all directions, one could mistake Manhattan for Parsippany.   It is 6:30 A.M., and I am sandwiched between Soho and Tribeca, which accounts …

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