{"id":6690,"date":"2014-02-02T13:12:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T19:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/?p=6690"},"modified":"2014-02-02T13:14:42","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T19:14:42","slug":"food-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/food\/food-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Food words"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wednesday night a group of us from work went to the first of two Nashville Nights events hosted by 12th and Broad<\/a>, a newish group in town seeking to bring together local creative types for events and collaborations that celebrate Nashville. <\/p>\n

The Nashville Nights event was a two-night celebration of food writing, held at Arnold’s (where I’ve still never been for lunch). We listened to some local writers read excerpts of top-notch food writing while sampling some of Vivek Surti<\/a>‘s cuisine, which was a delicious mashup of Indian and Southern flavors. Some nice young man handed me a bourbon cocktail that was tasty, and there was a plate of salted ham and some tiny unleavened biscuits to snack on, and some sort of lemony chess pie got involved there at the end. <\/p>\n

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Our hosts prompted us during the dinner to think about what emotions and memories the flavors and dishes evoked, and to write that stuff down and share it. It got a little easier to write as the bourbon disappeared, but I still wasn’t up to sharing anything. I feel rusty as a writer, and way too self-conscious in general. (I thought that would go away in my 30s. What gives?!)<\/p>\n

We were asked to write a six-word story about a memory of Brussels sprouts. Here’s mine:<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t eat them. Got spanking. Barfed.<\/i><\/p>\n

It occurred to me later that that’s actually not entirely true. My faulty bourbon-addled memory got the events out of order. What really happened is more like Choked them down. Barfed. Got spanking.<\/i><\/p>\n

Speaking of bourbon, we were supposed to write a little about an experience with bourbon we’d had over the years. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that most of my experiences with bourbon ended in ways that I couldn’t write about in front of strangers and co-workers. Bourbon, in my life, has traditionally led to questionable decisions. Everything I write about bourbon turns into smut.<\/i> <\/p>\n

We were then asked to come up with a metaphor for the pie. It was a bright pie, with hints of ginger and lemon. I’m normally not all that into pie, but I decided it was a little lick of sunshine<\/i>. <\/p>\n

It was a fun few hours and got me out of my comfort zone in lots of different ways. Looking forward to the next event! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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