Tagged: Food (993)

Twister 161

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

It was an awful, costly mistake. He had heard vegetarian when she had said vegan. Because it was new for her and she still mispronounced it.

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Twister 231

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

At the taco stand he says, My dog jumped the shark. She says, You mean this fish taco? He says, Damned thing won’t eat steak. She says, Yum.

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Twister 327

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

That is a hamburger, he tells the tourist. He says it slowly, with a painful enunciation. It is made of cow, he continues. And sometimes not

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Twister 400

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They bandied about words like dignity and pride. They spoke of the greater good. But he would not give up the chocolate. It’s mine, he cried

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Twister 481

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The gentleman entered the salon and shat on the rug. We weren’t the least bit offended; he was a foreigner. I took my meal in the vestibule.

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Twister 508

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The bucolic lawn. Gin tonics on the patio. A koi pond. Ethnic bbq. Polo shirts and floral print dresses. The men dreaming of wife swapping.

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Twister 594

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He grew tired of the sharks. They circled his boat like, well, sharks. And he was bleeding. He ran out of food. He lay down, and fell asleep

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Twister 657

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There was the spaghetti and an incident with a bread knife and the end result was a sleepless night and a marriage proposal. But she said no

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Twister 759

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Each time he came home to his family and saw food on the table he swelled with pride. With what he could provide. Except on nights like this

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Twister 865

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

I love how the Irish call sausages “bangers,” he says. Please just grow up, she says. I’m trying to, he says. I think I’m growing right now.

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