Tagged: Food (993)

Twister 3437

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It’s always your fault, she said and he wondered when their relationship had gone this wrong. He dared not speak. So he returned the salami.

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Twister 3549

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

You lost me at raisins, he told her and she sighed and started reciting the recipe again. But what she really wanted was to make a bad joke.

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Twister 95

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was punch drunk but good at math. He devised theories about food and weight. He drank bad bourbon. He laughed when someone said pad thai

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Twister 139

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He thinks the recession means no more manicures. He wants to rediscover Donkey Kong. Inside the fridge, stale pizza, a six-pack and cheddar.

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Twister 214

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The food was cold by the time Billy came out of the bathroom. His dad gave him that usual look o

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Twister 293

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He called his taste in clothes his recipe for loneliness. He enjoyed his mac and cheese with lots of garlic. But he didn’t enjoy chewing gum

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Twister 429

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He popped the balloon and then the winds picked up and a ton of beef landed in the backyard. I was hip once, he thinks. Now I need an apron.

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Twister 82

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There was an edge in his voice when he said “pansy.” Something his father didn’t appreciate. I like my eggs runny, the father says. So what?

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Twister 498

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He crawled out of the hole and surveyed the damage. The bushes were gone, the house singed and set to collapse. That was some chili, he said

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Twister 563

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He talked big. Always did. So he “invaded” the deli and “destroyed” the hot pastrami. But he grew up to be meek. And so inherited the earth.

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