Noah is having a Cocktail Moment, and as a result has been doing a lot of reading about tiki cocktails recently, and in particular the many efforts that food historians are putting in to try to re-create the original mai tai. When he told me about how hard people were trying to figure out exactly what the rum that was used in the original mai tai tasted like, I laughed. I thought (and might have said) “what a ridiculous waste of time!” We had a long argument about it. I still don’t think we agree.
This post is so good. Couldn't agree more about context (sorry Noah) and what the food/drink signifies! Also, I love the story about your dad's consistent failures at making his mom's dressing. Seems like part of the goal *was* the disappointment of it not be hers as a way of remembering an honoring the significance of hers?
This post is so good. Couldn't agree more about context (sorry Noah) and what the food/drink signifies! Also, I love the story about your dad's consistent failures at making his mom's dressing. Seems like part of the goal *was* the disappointment of it not be hers as a way of remembering an honoring the significance of hers?
That’s such a nice way of putting it! Yes!