Tagged: Food (993)

Twister 3435

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They went for dim sum and she couldn’t concentrate on the food. Don’t say it, she kept thinking. And then he said, You win some, you dim sum

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Twister 3532

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The family went out for dinner in Chinatown. When the food arrived the 4-year old said, That’s authentic, bitches! and he lost TV privileges

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Twister 88

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They ate Chinese three weeks in a row. Finally she said no to General Tao. He fell back crying. I’m not going back to fried chicken, he said

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Twister 131

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He enjoyed her ham sandwiches and back rubs. They spooned at night. They went to Greece. She met someone else and lived well. He ate cookies

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Twister 232

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I don’t want to be an adult anymore, he says. My dad likes guns, the kid says. We’re having liver, his mother says. Don’t sing, her kid says

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Twister 434

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

If you say grand one more time, he says. I asked for whipped cream, not creamed corn, he says. The lawyer told me to take a hiatus, he says.

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Twister 8

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He grills hot dogs on the bathroom rad because he’s forgotten to renew his prescription. The mustard pools in the sink; the doorbell rings.

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Twister 437

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And then they felt betrothed to failure, never understanding how their lives had become so broken of joy. It’s your stupid cooking, he said.

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Twister 1

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kid looks up at the candy bar and wonders how he can get to the caramel goodness inside without waking up the asthmatic narcoleptic cat

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Twister 557

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She’s into yoga and high fashion so he calls her Shanti Pants. Her veganism is often interrupted by bacon. She loves her red cocktails sweet

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