Tagged: Food (993)

T 3738

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

They met under an oak in the woods behind their houses and ate illicit things and years later they met again and lamented what they had lost

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T 3734

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He takes a bite of the pie and moans and she sneers at him and says, What do you know about pleasure? and he doesn’t have an answer for her.

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T 3730

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

And then there was coffee, the exclamation mark to a remarkable night. He made some pancakes. She felt enchantment. Though she craved bacon.

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T 3725

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

They watched the kids eating. The mess they made. Remember when we didn’t have kids? he said. No, she said. He didn’t sleep well that night.

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T 3719

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He called it love, she called it heartburn, and into this breach stepped the doubt they had always harbored about the trendy new restaurant.

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Twister 3714

By Arjun Basu | Published: April 15, 2011

He ran home and said, Look at all these free bananas, and she said, But we hate bananas, and he looked confused and said, But they were free

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Twister 99

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They talked but only if provoked. He enjoyed the sunshine but wouldn’t cook for her. Are you illiterate? She asked him. That says half price

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Twister 140

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He tried to lift up a fridge and hurt his back. Twenty years later, he gets nervous when he sneezes. His allergy to hot dogs pisses him off.

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Twister 218

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

You’re so umami, he tells her. She doesn’t know what that means. She goes home and looks it up and says, I’m, what, an anchovy? Or Japanese?

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Twister 101

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wrote a book called “50 Things to do While Getting Dressed.” He flew economy and packed light. He enjoyed sausage but he always ate alone

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