Claire
Master Chef
Does anyone have the problem I'm facing right now? I've moved to the small-town midwest, and I love to cook and eat. It is a rather cosmopolitan, touristy town, with lots of retired and vacationing Chicagoans living here or having part-year homes. Yet I've found, some how, that I do not have a single friend who truly enjoys eating. Maybe it is because of my military background, but once upon a time, if I called a half dozen friends and said, let's do Indian (Vietnamese, Hungarian, Morrocan) everyone would be scuttling for their cookbooks and borrowing spices, and we'd talk about the meal for weeks before and months after. NOW even if I make it all, everyone (especially the women) come over and move food around their plates and do NOT eat. Thought I was being too exotic, but found that even the basics will have these women just moving food around. Really paid attention and one only eats junk food, another in anorectic nevosa, and most are so paranoid about their weight that they only eat in secret.
Right now I'm dreaming of a good green Thai curry. Luckily I married well, and at least my husband will enjoy it. But I miss the days when I could find someone to invite over to try it. Now everyone has some reason why they cannot eat something. It's a pretty sorry affair. I have two coupons for free subscriptions to Saveur and Gourmet mags, and it is sad that I can't think of anyone to give them to ....
Right now I'm dreaming of a good green Thai curry. Luckily I married well, and at least my husband will enjoy it. But I miss the days when I could find someone to invite over to try it. Now everyone has some reason why they cannot eat something. It's a pretty sorry affair. I have two coupons for free subscriptions to Saveur and Gourmet mags, and it is sad that I can't think of anyone to give them to ....