Posted by: Epicurean on: May 13, 2010
Banqueting on scavenged rations during WWII … A Midnight Clear by William Wharton Shutzer, our kosher gourmet, hungering for the smell of fish, opens a sardine can with his bayonet. Miller, the man who has everything, even a corkscrew, works the cork from the bottle of wine. This could well be the coup de grace [...]
Posted by: Epicurean on: May 2, 2010
Life in the WWI trenches … All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque We must look out for our bread. The rats have become much more numerous lately because the trenches are no longer in good condition. The rats here are particularly repulsive, they are so fat – the kind we all [...]
