The other day, I was talking to my girlfriend about expensive wine.
“What’s so great about expensive wine?” I asked.
“The complexity of taste,” she replied. “In fine wines, you can taste all kinds of things. Like almonds.”
I thought about this and realized, you know what else tastes like almonds? Almonds.
Just eat almonds.
Category Archives: Food
A short parable that I would use somehow if I became a motivational speaker tomorrow but have lived long enough to know that a couple of years from now I will be embarrassed that the thought even crossed my mind
February 12, 2008 – 11:53 pm
The Best Shave in History
January 3, 2008 – 8:17 am
Shaves are like film scores. The best of them fade thanklessly into the background, propping up the finer qualities of their hosts without drawing attention to themselves. People often point out to me the lack of comments about my shave, and ask what my “secret” is. “I’m always happy to share the [...]
My Contribution to the Culinary Arts
December 2, 2007 – 8:46 pm
I live by a simple formula. When I reach a fork in life’s road, I ask myself, “which direction will allow me to provide the greatest value to the largest number of people?” Answering this question has led me to engage a variety of pursuits, from music, to public policy, to Web entrepreneurship.
This [...]