HUNGRY GERALD

No cooking for BSK this past weekend. Friday night BSK picked up Mexican food from Tuxpan Taqueria (close to HG/BSK’s Central Falls, RI, loft). Uneven food. Nasty enchiladas. Excellent crisp tortillas topped with refritos. Unusual (but good) pozole–big chunks of pork, al dente hominy. Saturday night, daughter Lesley and husband Massimo came for dinner at HG/BSK’s loft and brought the doggies, Toby and Pip. Lots of affectionate belly rubbing and patting. L. & M. live a 20-minute drive from the loft in Riverside, RI. They brought a wonderful Vietnamese feast–dumplings,  rice rolls, etc.–plus a fabulous big container of vegetable and tofu soup. Best of all, Massimo gave HG/BSK a copy of his just released book “Giochi d’Ombra” published by Einaudi, a distinguished company. (Massimo just returned from Italy where he was much honored for “Giochi d’Ombra” and his other literary and academic accomplishments). HG relished the  Vietnamese food–especially the soup which HG reserved half for Sunday lunch. Sunday was joyous for HG as HG was glued to the TV watching two favorite teams –Eagles and Chiefs–triumph. (They will meet in the Super Bowl–an exciting game is anticipated). Before the start of the Chiefs-Bills game, HG cooked for HG a big bowl of ramen noodles and tofu topped with sesame oil and sprinkled with garlic salt. Perfect eating before an epic Mahomes game.