The Modern Girl Has A Heart, Just Not A Stove
photo by Lena Cuisina
Well, I do have a stove -- and someday I'll turn it on. The last time it got fired up was years ago, on a home-invasion date. (This is my term for when a guy tells you he's cooking you dinner, but informs you at the last minute, when you ask what wine you should bring, that he's cooking it at your house.)Having not turned my oven on since I'd moved in in the late 90s, this caused my entire house to smell very "what died in here," which led very naturally into the headache excuse that sent the loser home. By the way, not only did he come over and turn on my stove, sending thousands of dust particles I'd been keeping as pets to their death, he sucked down two bottles of my wine -- including a special, pricey bottle of Pouilly FuissÈ I'd bought to serve my French friend Nathalie, which he chose to open without asking. Now, I'm a [post-]Jewish drinker...about a glass and a half has me under the table. If you're an alcoholic, maybe you should bring a bottle instead of sucking down two of mine!
Getting back to the point, my best friend, Lena, came down with some sort of typhoid fever the other day, so there I was, coming to the rescue -- with a box of Organic Chicken Broth. I must add that I saw nothing amusing or out of the ordinary about this until Lena pointed out the complete lack of chicken, vegetables, boiled water, and cauldron in my life that went into this gesture.
A non-cooking girl, huh? Deduct 2 points....
OTOH, that's **so** Parisienne. The Paris gfs of my life have had kitchens the size of a cereal box and at dinnertime would far rather go down to the p'tit bistro du coin for a pastis, a jarret de jambon aux lentilles, and half a pack of gauloises. Then back home for more private pleasures, natch.
Stu "El InglÈs" Harris at August 19, 2004 7:31 AM
It all sounds right to me, except for the gauloises part!
Amy Alkon at August 19, 2004 8:50 AM
What a smile! (and the broth isn't half-bad either)
Lena at August 19, 2004 9:01 AM