Online - September 08, 2004

Chew on This

“Schott’s Food & Drink Miscellany” Book

If you’re anything like us, you spend your busy mornings at the office planning lunch.

As you ponder, consider the following:

1. St. Michael is the patron saint of grocers.
2. Pumas taste like veal.
3. Amylophagia is a condition characterized by the compulsive eating of starch.

And you thought you had enough on your plate with the tuna-vs.-bimbimbop conundrum.

Ready for more food for thought? Pick up a copy of Schott’s Food & Drink Miscellany, the follow-up to Schott’s Original Miscellany. The delightfully old-fashioned book, which you should browse before your next dinner party, brims with historical facts (J.F.K. ordered a thousand Cuban cigars before initiating the still-standing embargo), quotes (Samuel Johnson believed that “a cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing”), and other delectable arcana (there actually was a real Colonel Sanders).

Great.

Just when you thought your food obsession couldn’t get any weirder. Or more compulsive.

Schott’s Food & Drink Miscellany is available online at amazon.com or at your local bookstore.