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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Food will do you good...

Jack has this thing about food, in this book and in some of his other books. (Dharma Bums) He writes about what he ate that day why he chose that, how much he payed, and how it made him feel. He is very selective of what he eats. One day he will eat nothing but coffee and a doughnut somedays he will only eat peanuts and raisins, other days he will go to a diner and order pancakes maple syrup and bacon and eggs and juice. And right before the meal when he is thinking about what to eat he will often say something like,"(insert food) will do me good." I like this way of looking at food so much that I have found myself saying, (In my head) "Some (Insert food) will do me good.

1 comment:

lillyk said...

I noticed this too!
He's different from most writers. He describes his surrounding based on the waiters he "falls in the love with" or the apple pies. He does talk about the landscape, but I feel like his description of people and food really add something special to the tone and setting.