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Allen Short22 Mar 2010, 18:01as archived

Minor AEG note

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...)

Fernando Gouvea22 Mar 2010, 18:07as archived

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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

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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...) _______________________________________________

David Stockhoff22 Mar 2010, 22:51as archived

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Well, it figures Wolfe would notice Green Goddess salad dressing. I suppose there isn't a salad dressing with "wolf" in its name, so one works with what's at hand. ;) And the time-travel toast joke seems in line with the use of salad dressing names.

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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:01:24 -0700 From: Allen Short <washort42 at gmail.com> To: urth at lists.urth.net Subject: (urth) Minor AEG note Message-ID: <f147f7e11003221101i6300179dg13dd9c5dc2ec9a54 at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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...) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:07:07 -0400 From: Fernando Gouvea <fqgouvea at colby.edu> To: urth at lists.urth.net Subject: Re: (urth) Minor AEG note Message-ID: <4BA7B1CB.4010107 at colby.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed 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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