tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post490423047678549467..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: The Truth at Last**Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-54901541575086817472012-02-18T00:22:01.088-08:002012-02-18T00:22:01.088-08:00Ha! I love the bit about the "luckless animal...Ha! I love the bit about the "luckless animal..."<br /><br />My mom is English-Scotch-Irish, but she's always been a very capable cook. I'd take issue with Queenan that good cooking is a matter of ethnicity. I'm guessing there are one or two bad Italian cooks out there (but maybe no more than that).Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-74732738566431568762012-02-16T14:36:21.621-08:002012-02-16T14:36:21.621-08:00is knowing how to cook the secret? I hope notis knowing how to cook the secret? I hope notAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818795902981871173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-72429297818706323242012-02-16T10:33:47.943-08:002012-02-16T10:33:47.943-08:00Did Sophie and her great-grandmother ever meet?
J...Did Sophie and her great-grandmother ever meet?<br /><br />Joe Queenan's piece makes me think of Ruth Reichl's hilarious and affectionate descriptions of her mother's (poisonous) cooking!Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02307534252847118376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-28398834079753011462012-02-16T10:12:44.386-08:002012-02-16T10:12:44.386-08:00my grandma was married to an italian, and she was ...my grandma was married to an italian, and she was the very best of mothers. :) her mother-in-law, who was also married to an italian, was horribly to my grandfather (her son)--but in her defense, she had lost a young daughter to the flu epidemic, and couldn't forgive my grandpa for being male. le sigh. complicated...<br />but the food was excellent, even though grammy was irish. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-78560553616990937832012-02-16T09:17:33.458-08:002012-02-16T09:17:33.458-08:00My mom wasn't Italian (Irish and German and so...My mom wasn't Italian (Irish and German and some other stuff in there) but she did learn how to cook from my dad's Italian relatives, for which I am grateful. :-)Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986080963534940625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-37835390761451789202012-02-16T08:04:51.001-08:002012-02-16T08:04:51.001-08:00Love that photo! I see Sophie and you for sure!Love that photo! I see Sophie and you for sure!Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-37964596960556496482012-02-16T03:22:19.044-08:002012-02-16T03:22:19.044-08:00Oh, I love that!Oh, I love that!Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13070297384173508509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36876057926282726982012-02-16T00:06:06.612-08:002012-02-16T00:06:06.612-08:00Isn't there also a view that Italian mothers ...Isn't there also a view that Italian mothers spoil their sons in particular. A generalisation no doubt , but may still hold a kernel of truth.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-85093993864136590242012-02-15T20:29:02.289-08:002012-02-15T20:29:02.289-08:00Yes. Your grandmother definitely gave her genes to...Yes. Your grandmother definitely gave her genes to Sophie in the looks department. Wow!<br />As to mothers and cooking- my mother tried. God love her. She tried. <br />(This may explain a lot.)Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-52264344578223778312012-02-15T19:26:01.196-08:002012-02-15T19:26:01.196-08:00My grandma made the best fried chicken but Sophie ...My grandma made the best fried chicken but Sophie looks just like your grandmother. Holy moly!Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.com