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Friday, June 22, 2012

List 24 - The world's most perfect foods . . .



Maybe it's because I skipped dinner at the swim meet, I'm not sure.  Whatever the reason, I realized late last night that this list must make it to the blog.

As I've said before, we're getting to know each other.  We must share these things.

As usual on the Friday list, this is not exhaustive, nor or the items in any order.  (I'm already excited to get your additions!)

These, friends, are my nominees for the world's most perfect foods:


  • 1.  My grandmother's sweet potato biscuits.  






  • 3.  Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches on soft white bread, with Dukes Mayonnaise, created in Mary Clark's tiny kitchen in Greenville, Georgia.



  • 4.  Crab Fritters, with the most incredible sweet and sour sauce (don't think anything you've ever had at an American Chinese restaurant - nothing like it) at Bacchanalia.  I must tell you here that this  entry is how the list got its name.  A few years ago, I was talking with my good friend, Fifi, about these fritters.  Her response was, "without a doubt, the world's most perfect food."  



  • 5.  Scrambled egg, bacon, mustard sandwiches on Sunday night.



  • 6.  Bbq pork sandwich with cole slaw at Fresh Air Barbecue in Flovilla, Georgia - because, really, who wouldn't want to eat in Flovilla?




  • 7.  The Fox Brothers Burger at Fox Brothers BBQ on Dekalb Avenue in Atlanta.  This sandwich has nothing whatsoever to do with a burger and it will change your life as you know it.  Call ahead for an ambulance to meet you outside.




  • 8.  A slice of my grandmother's poundcake, toasted with butter.  (I made no claims about the healthiness of this list.)  There's a good chance that we'll be greeted in heaven with a slice of this.




  • 9.  Peanut butter and honey sandwiches at Gaines Elementary School in Athens, Georgia.




  • 10.  Baked Oysters (or anything else) at Indian Pass Raw Bar.  Be forewarned, you will moan.




Friday, April 20, 2012

List Fifteen - 25 Books I Wish I Hadn't Read Yet

Would you agree there's something special about your favorite books?  They're like friends, really.  I can't stand to finish a book that I have loved because I fear I'll miss the people so much.  (I'm not good with good-byes.)

It's been a while since I have fallen in love with a book, and that got me thinking.  I began to ponder   how much fun it is to be in the middle of a wonderful book; how grand it is to be surprised and entertained by something new.  Then I began to think back about books that "I wish I could read again - for the FIRST time."  I don't mean that I'd like to read them again - maybe I would, but that's a completely different thing - that's not nearly as special.

These are a few of the books I wish I had yet to read . . .


  1. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
  2. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
  3. To Dance with the White Dog by Terry Kay
  4. Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
  5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  6. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
  7. Dark of the Moon by Janice Daugharty
  8. Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
  9. Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton
  10. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
  11. One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty
  12. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
  13. The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
  14. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  15. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  16. Traveling Mercies:  Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
  17. Crazy in Alabama by Mark Childress
  18. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray
  19. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
  20. Leaving Church - A Memoir of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor
  21. Having Our Say:  The Delaney Sisters First 100 Years by Sarah Delaney
  22. Run with the Horsemen by Ferrol Sams
  23. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
  24. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
  25. A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel
What's on your list?
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