Minor AEG note

Fernando Gouvea · 22 Mar 2010, 18:07 · from 2010-March.txt.gz

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From: fqgouvea at colby.edu (Fernando Gouvea)
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:07:07 -0400
Subject: (urth) Minor AEG note
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I met Gene for dinner when he was writing the book, and he told me that 
he was having lots of fun inserting references to as many kinds of salad 
dressing as he could. This came up because he asked the waiter whether 
they had Green Goddess salad dressing. I told him one of the local 
restaurants did have it, and he mentioned the scene in the book. It 
didn't sound as if there was any special significance to it.

Fernando

On 3/22/2010 2:01 PM, Allen Short wrote:
> In case anyone missed the significance of Gideon ordering the
> "Renaissance French Toast" at the beginning of chapter 6, it's from a
> joke usually attributed to Steven Wright:
>
>    "I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time.' So I
> ordered French Toast during the Renaissance."
>
> Other than a clever allusion to restaurants like International House
> of Pancakes that serve breakfast all day, could this be another hint
> at the time-travel themes in the story? (Also, what's with the
> constant food references? This got brought up early on but I don't
> recall any significant exploration of it...)
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