I have discovered two web sites lately that I'm completely obsessed with. One is called How To Write Badly Well and it is the most hilarious thing I've read in ages. It has nothing to do with food except in the sense that you will laugh so hard that food will literally come out of your nose. It's basically a series of "writing badly well" rules with an example that follows. Here is one of them:
Allow Your Attention to Wander
Joe stumbled as he ran, nearly falling but managing to recover without breaking his stride. He could hear the rhythmic thudding of boots on tarmac behind him, getting louder all the time. They were gaining on him. He swerved into a doorway and crouched down.
Had he been in less of a hurry, Joe might have noticed that this particular doorway was the back door of a struggling Malaysian restaurant, connecting the kitchens to the alleyway he had been running down. The owner of the restaurant, a large, sweaty man with twenty years’ experience in the catering trade, had given a speech to his staff only yesterday about the importance of keeping the back door closed for reasons not only of security but of hygiene – they were due a visit from the inspector this month and just one more infraction could lose him his license.
Of course, this fell on deaf ears for the most part – with the exception of Lee, the head chef, the staff felt no sense of commitment to the restaurant they worked at, seeing it as just another job, just another way to pass their time or pay their rent or, in the case of one of the waiters, deal drugs under his employer’s nose. Lee was another story, though. He was fiercely loyal to the Flaming Dragon – a character trait which would ultimately cost him his marriage and, in an ironic twist of fate, his job.
Joe died, by the way. The alley was a dead end and the guys chasing him caught up with him.
Some of my other favorites from this site:
My other best spot on the Internet these days is called "They Draw and Cook." This is an awesome website that publishes recipes that have been illustrated by artists and designers.
Here are a few of my favorites:
They will be publishing a book sometime next year and I can't wait to get my hands on it!
Some of you (er, most of you) probably don't know but I really like to draw! Recently I submitted a recipe and illustration to They Draw and Cook and it was accepted and published! Hooray! I'll write more about this in the next day or two.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Posted by: supra footwear | January 14, 2011 at 07:33 AM
Nailed it!
I think I might have to try this sunshine sauce myself. As I read it, it reminded me of a Bahamian cookbook I have. This sauce is very "islandy" in both it's content and name.
I might add just a hint of cumin to it, hopefully that won't muddle the color too much.
Great job.
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