tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post4606373556228909330..comments2023-11-18T09:51:52.115+10:30Comments on Medlar Comfits: Artichoke posedanna tambourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338581782386113668noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-52787139457632635872013-10-19T10:41:56.875+10:302013-10-19T10:41:56.875+10:30Ha, 'nora, you've put it perfectly again. ...Ha, 'nora, you've put it perfectly again. This is a huge novel of delving into the vast and treacherous depths of cynaran psychological structure and hyperstrata, which just needs to be transcribed into words. <br /><br />I'm so glad you commented here because it gives me a chance to recommend your wonderful <a href="http://damenora.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/reading-of-books-and-eating-of-cheese.html" rel="nofollow">reading of books and eating of cheese</a> to which I tried yet again, to post a comment of praise and yes, agreement, but again failed to make the mysterious gatekeepers of this blogware happy.<br /><br />So I'll just quote you a bit here: " I'm trying very hard not to land in the 'writers writing about writing' trap because ... who wants to read that? I don't. I get a sentence or a paragraph or three into an essay, realise that it's about the writer's writing, and bail. Or I get a sentence or three into writing a blog post, realise the same thing, and bail again."<br /><br />If only everyone were like you!<br />anna tambourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338581782386113668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-50259014972741756282013-10-18T20:46:02.422+10:302013-10-18T20:46:02.422+10:30Ah, the dark heart of the artichoke.Ah, the dark heart of the artichoke.'norahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673994227824410949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-77473672614743370232013-10-18T14:23:05.803+10:302013-10-18T14:23:05.803+10:30What do you do with them? Your mouthwatering colum...What do you do with them? Your mouthwatering column, <a href="http://annatambour.net/ACEBauer-Chaloupes.htm" rel="nofollow">Chaloupes</a> makes me think you match them with some marvelous goo. This one got dipped into pantzarosalata (Greek-style roasted beet dip)--so decadent I expected to have the door kicked in by uniformed wowsers. Which reminds me of the best quote about artichokes, by a woman who was honoured by having her books banned. <br /><br />"Surely, no right-thinking person would forego willingly the excitement of deflowering the artichoke."<br />— Edith Templeton, <i>The Surprise of Cremona</i>anna tambourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338581782386113668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20078507.post-52611248260771085062013-10-18T00:02:42.057+10:302013-10-18T00:02:42.057+10:30Mmm. I love artichokes.Mmm. I love artichokes.Alicehttp://acebauer.comnoreply@blogger.com