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The Erstwhile Epicure

Friday, July 17, 2009

Unless it was served with Tarte Tatin ala Bloomin' Onion, I would have rather starved than masticate Marie Antoinette's infamous cake.

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

First, Demeter expectorated into a roadside puddle. Then the Great Deluge ensued, ensuring the muck's ubiquity. -Origin of French Onion Soup

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

When I die, my ghost shall not abscond until my ashes are lavished with lavander and barreled in a vinyard devoid of muskrats.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Beware the Belgians...for in their iniquitous hands, a feral aardvark hyoid will be used not to flavor soupe - but French Fries.

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Monday, July 13, 2009

A grotesque child may gorge itself on chocolate soufflé. Un homme sophistiqué relishes the gastronomic euphony of cheese soufflé ala Red Rooster.

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Friday, June 19, 2009

One needs not be a saucier to realize a bovine coccyx augments the splendor of au jus.

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Coq au vin is best when served metaphysically, or rendered from an austistic rooster.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

If one has not savored Brioche à tête leavened with the noisome yolks of Malaysian pheasants...one has not savored Brioche à tête.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

A terroir of (addled) sassafras in a Pinot Gris never fails to arouse my uvula.

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Monday, June 15, 2009

The incandescent tip of a Newport Medium is the flame that shall unfurl a Crème brûlée's true exuberance.

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Friday, June 12, 2009

Café au lait lusts not for chicory root, but for an amorous liasion with lobe of Yucca.

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

The finest Champagne is equal vintage Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Agnostic Elderberries.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

In Marseille, Pieds et Paquets will be a masterpiece only if said lamb's feet are rife with bunions.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Rigorous stirring, via hair from the tail of a randy mare. (On the proper method for oxygenating a Bordeaux Médoc)

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Monday, June 8, 2009

Escargot? Non. The epiglottis of an emphysemic octopus is an exquisite mollusk delicacy.

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Friday, June 5, 2009

Any man, woman or dwarf who dines on Foie Gras derived from an improperly defenestrated Canard should be exiled to Rangoon.

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

With regard to most scintillating Chutney, there is but one legitimate base. A blighted rutabega.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

A baron of beef must never be braised in the essence of a female chinchilla.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Feta conceived from the milk of a flatulent fainting goat commands a certain eloquence.

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Monday, June 1, 2009

Grand Cru Burgundy with the slightest soupçon of Cheez Whiz so titilates my palate.

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Jean-Jacques Louis

was born in Paris, as a gastronomic genius should be. His immense talents were evident early in his life; the first word to emanate from his precocious tongue was "hollandaise." While still an infant he could differentiate between breast milk and Similac (the former having a pleasant tartness). He actively eschewed Gerber food, preferring a Filet Mignon au poivre (medium rare) and asparagus risotto purée. When it came time for him to attend primary school, he scoffed at the cafeteria's cuisine (informing the flabbergasted lunch mistress she wouldn't know foie gras from farfalle) and from that day forth brought his own exquisitely prepared meals. Traditional school, however, proved to be egregious squandering of his abilities. So it was inevitable that he become the youngest student ever to attend the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu International. After finishing in record time, he turned his focus to attaining the most exclusive epicurean distinction: that of Master Sommelier. After months of incessant training, he applied...only to be rejected. Refusing to permit the Master Sommeliers to impede his preordained brilliance, he began a public protest of their admissions policies. For days he subsisted on a diet of various cheeses and wines - sampling each blindly, so as to allow him to demonstrate his preternatural knowledge. But tragedy soon struck. One week into the protest - whilst sampling a most robust Sassichia - his palate suffered a paralyzing anxiety attack. Horrified, he absconded in the direction of a local sheep farm...and for a decade, he was neither seen nor heard. Then he mysteriously resurfaced one summer day - and trumpeted his intentions to record his memoirs. However, it immediately became clear his once-impeccable tastes had undergone a Macabre Mutation.

Jean-Jacques Louis, gifted gastronomist, had ceased to be. From that day forth, he was to be known only as the Erstwhile Epicure.

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      • First, Demeter expectorated into a roadside puddle...
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