Hemingway dishonestly making hay out of Fitzgerald's
insecurity. Poop on both of them - they, and other must-reads
such as the Silly Ass Marner and the Mayor of Casterbridge
(Castor Oil), were the bane of all our existences in high school.

The only one of those authors on my required reading list was
Hemingway. The Old Man and the Sea moved me; the others, not so
much.

Hemingway appears to be touted by people who, like him,
longed for an idealized masculinity with well defined
roles - he was, if you will, the quintessential gender
stereotypist. His characters and situations were wooden
and annoying, and you probably liked that story because
the only characters were a fisherman and a fish.

Fitzgerald was much more nuanced but incredibly preachy
and in the heads of his characters. He also, in spite
of his outward disdain, really envious of rich folks.

Hardy and Eliot were ponderously boring in that 19th
century English way, and in school I didn't have the
patience to enjoy their writing, though I sympathized
(still do) with most of their attitudes. Latterly I've
returned to both of those books and found value in them.

a truly delicious cocktail

Does the faintly vanillary bison grass come out well?

The Campari and tonic both have bold profiles but the bison grass
flavour still game through.

Very nice. I should try that sometime.

Indian halvas are so different than Lebanese sesame paste kind,
especially the ones with vegetables in them.
Title: Suji Halva (Semolina Halva)

I enjoy many kinds of halva/halwa, with a marginal
preference for the middle eastern version with the
spiky sugar crystals. For myself I usually use
tahini and mix in plain granulted sugar (because
that's what's around) to make an Indian-style
halwa texture with a middle eastern halvah taste.

... Hemingway introduced the bloody mary to Hong Kong

So much nonsense has been written about that drink, and
Hemingway didn't help things along at all. I read the
following two quotes with amusement, you can figure why,
and noted the similarity in wording, and before I saw
the dates mentally accused the rag of plagiarizing the
classy publication ... hah, it turned out to have been,
by the chronology, the other way round.

Deeming the name Bloody Mary too vulgar for the rarefied
hotel, management changed its name to the Red Snapper
because of its look and snappy feel, explains King Cole
head bartender Gavin Fitzgibbon.
- Carla Spartos, New York Post, 9/30/2009

The St. Regis deemed the "Bloody Mary" too vulgar of a
name for the grand King Cole Bar, so it was renamed
the "Red Snapper".
- Micaela English, townandcountrymag.com, 10/9/2014

Red Snapper
categories: historical, New York. Marriott
servings: 1

1 oz Belvedere vodka
2 oz Tomato juice
1 ds lemon juice
2 ds salt
2 ds black pepper
2 ds cayenne pepper
3 ds Worcestershire sauce

Shake. Strain. Serve up.

King Cole Bar, St. Regis, New York
via Martha Stewart Living, 2/2012
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