Bob T
08-01-2009, 11:15 PM
* SOME NEEDED HUMOR: WEDDING CAKE, ANYONE?
Dear Thirsters Worldwide:
Having just dispatched a sober ThirsterGram on the incredibly huge, far-flung, dangerous, and expensive array of US military bases around the world, I think it is perhaps time for some humor.
The following e-article is by Thirster in New York MARISA TEXTOR, editor, writer, Russianist, and interculturalist. Marisa is Research Chief at Gourmet magazine, but here she leaves her editorial desk for a bit of yeowoman writing.
Thanks, Marisa!
Best,
Bob
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Are you insane?” asked Gina, the Gourmet test kitchen’s resident pastry wizard. “I’d never do it,” chimed in her colleague Paul, an erstwhile protégé of Simone Beck. “And she’s letting you?” Gina demanded.
Actually, um… she asked me to.” The cooks were aghast. “She asked you to?” Gina’s voice rose half an octave. “Really?” Make that a full octave.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, and novice bakers blithely agree to make their friends’ wedding cakes. “What’s the big deal?” I asked nonchalantly.
I’d find out soon enough.
To read the rest of the story, click here: http://www.gourmet.com/food/2009/05/wedding-cake-101
Dear Thirsters Worldwide:
Having just dispatched a sober ThirsterGram on the incredibly huge, far-flung, dangerous, and expensive array of US military bases around the world, I think it is perhaps time for some humor.
The following e-article is by Thirster in New York MARISA TEXTOR, editor, writer, Russianist, and interculturalist. Marisa is Research Chief at Gourmet magazine, but here she leaves her editorial desk for a bit of yeowoman writing.
Thanks, Marisa!
Best,
Bob
###############################
Are you insane?” asked Gina, the Gourmet test kitchen’s resident pastry wizard. “I’d never do it,” chimed in her colleague Paul, an erstwhile protégé of Simone Beck. “And she’s letting you?” Gina demanded.
Actually, um… she asked me to.” The cooks were aghast. “She asked you to?” Gina’s voice rose half an octave. “Really?” Make that a full octave.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, and novice bakers blithely agree to make their friends’ wedding cakes. “What’s the big deal?” I asked nonchalantly.
I’d find out soon enough.
To read the rest of the story, click here: http://www.gourmet.com/food/2009/05/wedding-cake-101