Tagged: Food (993)

Twister 2207

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He was sick enough to have his wife worry but not sick enough that he couldn’t keep eating four cheese pizza. The world is kind, he thought.

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Twister 2299

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They ran. They ran over each other, panicked, running toward the horizon. Quickly. Away from him. It was a giant burrito! he yelled in vain.

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Twister 2395

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The smell from the kitchen makes her swoon. She watches him, naked under the apron, chopping parsley. This is going to really hurt, he says.

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Twister 2527

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The microwave beeped. She ran into the kitchen and slipped on the dog’s latest mistake. I just want my popcorn, she thinks, immobile. Alone.

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Twister 2629

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The brawny chef announces, My meatballs are especially spicy today! and the sous chef spends the evening shift in the privacy of the toilet.

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Twister 2812

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

And then everything fell apart. His dreams lost. The echo of her final, angry word lingered in the room. But she knew he hated green pepper.

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Twister 2911

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Sometimes he thought about handsome men. And sometimes, he thought about beautiful women. But most of the time, he thought about bbq sauce.

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Twister 3044

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

When he woke she was gone and he felt relieved. He ate a bowl of cereal and checked his emails. And then he realized how much he missed her.

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Twister 3193

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The table is covered in food. There is general gluttony. One by one the gourmands die off. In the end only the Twinkie lovers have survived.

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Twister 3324

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Multi hued condiments ooze out from under the bun. I’m Scottish not miserable, he tells her. She slaps him playfully and gives him a napkin.

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