HUNGRY GERALD

Big blizzard in the northeast. HG looks out the window at swirling snow and thinks of comfort food.  Last night daughter Lesley was hit by mysterious bug.  Concerned husband Massimo served her Italian comfort food, pastina en brodo (tiny pasta shapes in chicken broth with a dusting of parmesan).   She’s better today.   HG’s comfort foods:  Buttery grits with softly scrambled eggs;  egg noodles with cottage cheese;   New Mexican menudo (tripe) after a night of heavy boozing;   egg drop soup as prepared by Beautiful Sharon;  linguini with garlic, oil and parsley;   congee;  age tofu (tempura tofu in broth);   avoglemono soup;  Perkins restaurant waffles doused with butter and artificial maple syrup (A perversion. HG has to have at least one in order to stave off boring perfection).