Slog - Comments on "A dessert without cheese is like a beautiful woman who has lost an eye." http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/_tell_me_what_kind_of_food_you_eat_and_i Because Wikipedia is obviously the best thing ever (and fuck you too Tom Wolfe, you frivolous, unnecessary geezer) I started by looking up a small bird and wound up at Project Gutenberg, reading The Physiology of Taste, or Transcendental Gastronomy by the French laywer, politician, and gourmand Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (died 1826). What little I've read of it is aristocratic, sometimes bizarre, and great. It begins with a series of aphorisms. Here are my favorites, which are pretty much all of them: APHORISMS OF THE PROFESSOR. TO SERVE AS PROLEGOMENA TO HIS WORK AND ETERNAL BASIS TO THE SCIENCE. I.... Copyright 2008 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:59:44 -0800 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:44:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by CJ To quote the Simpsons, "it's funny because it's true":

The Problem with Wikipedia

]]> CJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/_tell_me_what_kind_of_food_you_eat_and_i#c771897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/_tell_me_what_kind_of_food_you_eat_and_i#c771897 Arts Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:19:30 -0800 Comment by Bauhaus Make sure it's the M.F.K. Fisher translation of Brillat-Savarin. It's exquisite.

]]> Bauhaus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/_tell_me_what_kind_of_food_you_eat_and_i#c771908 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/_tell_me_what_kind_of_food_you_eat_and_i#c771908 Arts Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:26:36 -0800 Comment by Zelbinian @1

You have no idea how happy it makes me to see someone else linking to xkcd for a change.

]]> Zelbinian http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/_tell_me_what_kind_of_food_you_eat_and_i#c771913 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/_tell_me_what_kind_of_food_you_eat_and_i#c771913 Arts Sat, 28 Jul 2007 23:24:31 -0800 Comment by Jude Fawley Frankly, in a dessert I would choose water before cheese. I don't want to die of dehydration.

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/_tell_me_what_kind_of_food_you_eat_and_i#c771939 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/_tell_me_what_kind_of_food_you_eat_and_i#c771939 Arts Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:21:00 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell I'm not big on cheese as dessert, but I was born and bred in the midwest. I was lucky to get some Cool Whip on my Jell-o.

But just a shout out to Tom Wolfe, who although he may be frivolous, unnecessary, and a geezer, did write "Bonfire of the Vanities" which is a rollicking good read.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/_tell_me_what_kind_of_food_you_eat_and_i#c771949 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/_tell_me_what_kind_of_food_you_eat_and_i#c771949 Arts Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:44:41 -0800