Willie, I would have mentioned the infamous feast which had our bathtub filled with live lobster, but I was in diapers and consumed strained peas that evening.
I prefer Seutonius to Tacitus in his description of Nero's great meals:
"His feasts now lasted from noon till midnight, with an occasional break for diving into a warm bath, or if it were summer, into snow-cooled water. Sometimes he would drain the artificial lake in the Campus Martius, or the other in the Circus, and hold public dinner parties there, including prostitutes and dancing-girls from all over the city among his guests. ..He also forced his friends to provide him with dinners; one of them spent 40,000 gold pieces on a turban party, and another even more on a rose banquet."
In a book I was reading this morning there was a report of a very rich, very strange French writer Raymond Roussel who ate only one meal a day. It lasted from mid-day 'til late afternoon and consisted of twenty seven courses. 27. Jackie
Maybe the Pontiff should have looked at the restaurant receipts from his clergy before criticizing Franey and Clairborne. Who would have thought that St. Patrick's Day would make a great meals list?
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Michael, you're right about the glaring omission but none can compare to the Jalapeño Poppers at the Sugar Bowl.
Willie, I would have mentioned the infamous feast which had our bathtub filled with live lobster, but I was in diapers and consumed strained peas that evening.
I prefer Seutonius to Tacitus in his description of Nero's great meals:
"His feasts now lasted from noon till midnight, with an occasional break for diving into a warm bath, or if it were summer, into snow-cooled water. Sometimes he would drain the artificial lake in the Campus Martius, or the other in the Circus, and hold public dinner parties there, including prostitutes and dancing-girls from all over the city among his guests. ..He also forced his friends to provide him with dinners; one of them spent 40,000 gold pieces on a turban party, and another even more on a rose banquet."
The Sugar Bowl seems tame, no?
In a book I was reading this morning there was a report of a very rich, very strange French writer Raymond Roussel who ate only one meal a day. It lasted from mid-day 'til late afternoon and consisted of twenty seven courses. 27. Jackie
Maybe we can make ortolans for this years Kris kringle? I'll bring the buffalo sauce and blue cheese
Maybe the Pontiff should have looked at the restaurant receipts from his clergy before criticizing Franey and Clairborne.
Who would have thought that St. Patrick's Day would make a great meals list?
Johnny-
We can do 24 courses at Alinea the next time you're in Chicago:
http://www.alinea-restaurant.com/pages/menus/menu_tour.html
--with the wine pairing, of course!
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