Coffee Shop

It is not much to say that nine-tenths of that decoction which passes under the name of coffee, is unworthy to be so called, and that many persons live and die without ever tasting a really good cup of that delicious beverage.

As a nation, the American people want the best of everything, and intend to have that best. Furthermore, they are very properly and intelligently eager to turn it to the greatest advantage. But what avails the best raw material if it be not prepared in such a manner as to develop and secure its subtle, delicate, volatile and enlivening qualities? The very same ingredients may be injurious and depressing, or wholesome and exhilarating, according to the way in which they are treated.

The Reinvention of Normal

“Transforming the mundane and ordinary into something surprising, wondrous and strangely thought provoking.”

March 25, 2015

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March 21, 2015

The Science of Food

Three things are required to give an enjoyable dinner party; good taste, good judgment, and an intuitive sense of harmony. Good taste suggests the proper thing in table dressing, in menu cards, in viands, and beverages.

Serving food is a visible demonstration of hospitality which all the philosophy in the world cannot cover.

Good judgment dictates the fortunate time, the appropriate guests, the seasonable dishes, and topics; and last, a sense of harmony is the quality that throws a glamour over all, combining pleasant parts in one symmetrical whole, making a picture “distinct like the billows, but one like the sea.”

March 21, 2015

This is just a quick update on how things have been going – it doesn’t need to be very long!

March 21, 2015