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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Another Language
It’s estimated half the world’s population speaks two or more languages. I do, which makes me a member of the world’s largest more-or-less secret club. Here’s what you can do when you’re bilingual: • Talk with a friend about other … Continue reading
Bon Appetit
Lately I’ve been wondering why there’s so much food around. European friends and I were talking about that recently as we overfilled our trays at an all-you-can-eat buffet. One of us, his plate a veritable Everest of pork products––sausage links … Continue reading
Explaining Thanksgiving to the French
For decades prior to his death last year, Art Buchwald’s column Explaining Thanksgiving to the French ran in The Washington Post on Thanksgiving Day. The Post will not run it this year, so I will. This confidential column was leaked … Continue reading
The Walll
Twenty-five years ago this week, the Berlin Wall fell, or rather, was torn down chunk by chunk by Germans from both East and West Berlin. For those of you whose notions of history prior to the year 2000 might be … Continue reading
The 7/11 Quarter-pound Spicy Big Bite
Two or three times a year, I avail myself of the best culinary treat America has to offer. I’m talking, of course, about the 7/11 quarter-pound Spicy Big Bite. I’m normally not a fan of convenience stores. I think they … Continue reading
Twenty Past Midnight
It is 20 past midnight and I am sitting in my kitchen with a now empty jar of Maillot gherkins, a half-loaf of pumpernickel bread, a battered hunk of Icelandic butter and some Port Salut that’s been in a baggy … Continue reading
