Welcome to Various Comestibles, a blog on everyday food encounters, recipes and food-related topics for the curious epicure. Good food is a wonderful thing. From green leafy salads to thick, rich chowders, food gives us so much to savor, so much to share. Call me naive, but in a world full of puddings and petit fours, who needs crack?
The name of this blog comes from a passage I came across in an art history book that referenced Alice in Wonderland, specifically, Alice's encounters with "various comestibles". Comestible, meaning, any article of food. The phrase resonated with a part of myself that has always delighted in life as a great big wonderland of food. I can't say I've ever had a magic mushroom, but I have had mushrooms that tasted like magic. And so, with visions of farfalle, fruit tarts and farmer's markets dancing in my head, a food blog was born.
So, here it is gentle reader,Various Comestibles, an online chronicle of foods—and drinks—that I have encountered and, like Alice, have had a heightened reaction to. Although, in my case, the reaction is purely emotional.
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