![]() In one scene, he describes a couple sharing a meal in an orange grove in Tepotzotlán, Mexico: “We had eaten a tamal de elote-a fine semolina of sweet corn, that is, with ground pork and very hot pepper, all steamed in a bit of corn-husk-and then chiles en nogada, which were reddish brown, somewhat wrinkled little peppers, swimming in a walnut sauce whose harshness and bitter aftertaste were downed in a creamy, sweetish surrender.” With mesmerizing style, Calvino captures the way a perfectly prepared dish can, for an instant, become the very center of the universe, the way a meal between two people can hang suspended in an everlasting present.Ĭhicken Soup With Rice: A Book of Months, by Maurice Sendak (Anyone who has tried to interpret her Italian grandmother’s handwritten recipes will see the humor and the profundity in this kind of bequeathed knowledge.) Calvino writes, too, of food’s unique ability to capture a moment in time. ![]() In Under the Jaguar Sun, a collection of three short stories that engage the senses, he describes the act of cooking as “the handing down of an intricate, precise lore.” Each dish can be a kind of story that reflects the person who eats it-one that attaches a meal to the ancestral. Jamie from Surrey, Canadaon one of the cassetes, after the line "i would buy you a monkey.Calvino’s particular skill is his dreamer’s eye, his ability to make stories of incredible lightness out of a too-complicated world.Keith from Slc, UtThe first time I heard this, I thought it was from the Smothers Brothers.Listen to Rock Spectacle and witness them in action. Annabeth from Kutztown, PaBNL loves performing this song because the lyrics are easily changed, so they can put in just about anything they wish.Candice from Vancouver, CanadaThis should be used in a lottery commercial.Jonathan from Toronto, CanadaIn the song they said "I'd buy you a K Car, a nice reliant automobile." as an homage to a leaders car they used to sing about when in Scouts in Toronto as kids.Rob from Vancouver, CanadaThey still eat Kraft dinner.Jen from Ontario, Canadai heard that they were making fun of michael jackson becuase he bought the "elephant man's" bones, or something like that.Seriously, who would buy 'em unless they wanted to study them? Guy's a bonafide loon(and that says nothing about his music, i'm just saying he's crazy) In all likelyhood, they are referring to it. Dan from New York, NyMichael Jackson, having a history of collecting.unique items, did buy the elephant man's bones.If I'm not mistaken, the Reliant was one of the K cars. Allan from Vanderhoof, CanadaI think the line "I'd buy you a K car, a nice reliant automobile" is actually another example of the wordplay these guys love to use. ![]()
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