I like cannelés/canelés, but like a lot of frou-frou French food (not all French food is frou-frou), they seem to entail a lot of work for very little payoff. Think: consommé or madeleines. I was not built to nibble and savor food deeply. The French and the Japanese often seem to think otherwise, at least at the pretentious ends of their respective food spectra. I'm more of a Viking when I eat. It's not that I only appreciate quantity over quality, but I do think quantity is part of a food's quality. Meagerness connotes stinginess, which ruins the dining experience. If all I'm getting is enough for the tip of tongue, then it's probably not worth revisiting. For you dainty people who lift your pinkies when eating or drinking, though... enjoy your gossamer comestibles. Who am I to stop you? But me, I'll be tearing at my turkey leg.
Thursday, May 29, 2025
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