tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post351399621810299008..comments2024-01-26T00:20:50.262+11:00Comments on 1001 Dinners 1001 Nights: CHATTER 16 Style and ContentElliot and Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054855299596966207noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-54669006100649987882010-01-13T05:59:49.884+11:002010-01-13T05:59:49.884+11:00Hi MotherR,
I shrivel up with shame and embarrassm...Hi MotherR,<br />I shrivel up with shame and embarrassment when I look back at the poor grammar, seriously deficient punctuation and year 7 spelling. This is made worse by the computers erratic handling of font sizes and placement. <br />What's more it's all my own fault. Sandra and I discuss these meals and then I dash them off using one or two fingers and half a brain. I used to get Elliotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-17256831459170041612010-01-12T21:34:22.503+11:002010-01-12T21:34:22.503+11:00Hmm, this is interesting. I knew I didn't enjo...Hmm, this is interesting. I knew I didn't enjoy Larissa's reviews, but wasn't sure why. I hoped I didn't think that just because she is so pretty. It is not so much her expressions but, rather, that her reviews don't 'grab' me. John Lethlean's reviews could make me laugh - even on a second reading. Did you see the one on Adelaide restaurants called 'Four MotherRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-51799047183478498972009-03-03T11:54:00.000+11:002009-03-03T11:54:00.000+11:00If only you were intending to be as funny as you a...If only you were intending to be as funny as you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-3639551690422974562009-03-03T08:37:00.000+11:002009-03-03T08:37:00.000+11:00And there you have it Elliot, the death of beautif...And there you have it Elliot, the death of beautiful prose lies in the hands of jabbering monkeys whose pitiful jibes serve only to indicate the erosion of language. <BR/><BR/>While dialogue is now rendered into shorthand, perhaps only a few us will be left to enjoy the crafting of literature. Thus said, will this trend distil to the point where the human race returns to its Neanderthal state, stickyfingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861830835308131738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-49156228058349154892009-03-02T18:13:00.000+11:002009-03-02T18:13:00.000+11:00The excitement mounts as Tuesday approaches. Will ...The excitement mounts as Tuesday approaches. Will Larissa get the nod from the selectors. Will she be moved to another position or start on the bench. Can she start kicking goals - at last a reason to purloin a copy of the Age!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-73252561344466500952009-03-02T15:52:00.000+11:002009-03-02T15:52:00.000+11:00"A raucous rendition of a beef carpaccio! What was..."A raucous rendition of a beef carpaccio! What was this a concert don't make me laugh"<BR/><BR/>Hear, hear. I likewise guffawed into my fois grois when I heard/read that slapdash synaesthetic invocation! Next they'll be using metaphors and similes and all kinds of "wacky" literary trinkets to distract from the task: quantifying and tabulating the quality of the meal on an empirically objective Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-20120873813694555922009-03-02T12:02:00.000+11:002009-03-02T12:02:00.000+11:00Sacrificial or wedding?Sacrificial or wedding?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-38573715151395444352009-03-02T09:25:00.000+11:002009-03-02T09:25:00.000+11:00It sounds very much to me like Stickyfingers and B...It sounds very much to me like Stickyfingers and Blair are heading for the alter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-86165079237011351822009-03-02T00:00:00.000+11:002009-03-02T00:00:00.000+11:00Thank you for your support Stickyfingers. Blair, l...Thank you for your support Stickyfingers. Blair, let me elaborate. What is the task of the food reviewer. I believe it is to describe and interpret dishes for the reader. As such it fails if language is used which is ambiguous or meaningless and fails even more if it uses descriptions which are inappropriate. Mine was not intended as a personal attack on M/s Dubecki but an expression of my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-60727670086769846312009-03-01T23:03:00.000+11:002009-03-01T23:03:00.000+11:00It's a good thing that you enjoy Larissa's article...It's a good thing that you enjoy Larissa's articles Blair, Epicure certainly needs readers like yourself who do. I honestly hope for the sake of the paper that there will be many more like you to help bolster the less than impressive circulation figures on Tuesdays. That failing, I suppose we may one day see this particular section move on to be more like the Summer edition of The Age.<BR/><BR/>stickyfingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861830835308131738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-11618829526414190702009-03-01T20:26:00.000+11:002009-03-01T20:26:00.000+11:00Your attitude to language is incredibly conservati...Your attitude to language is incredibly conservative and pedantic. Regardless of the definitions you've just looked up, I still think these words were appropriate - I understood exactly what she meant. So maybe Stephen Downes writes more clearly and to the point, but god, his reviews are so DULL. <BR/><BR/>Your implication that Larissa Dubecki is sitting around using an online dictionary to find Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-65732628667510906392009-03-01T11:57:00.000+11:002009-03-01T11:57:00.000+11:00Blair, Elliot is far to modest to say this, so I s...Blair, Elliot is far to modest to say this, so I shall be so presumptuous as to tell you that your notion about him is false. It is most likely that if the the young woman in question were to spend time in his company, she would become envious of Elliot's gastronomic pursuits and thorough knowledge of the culinary. I assure you that it is not the case vice versa.<BR/><BR/>To your other points, stickyfingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861830835308131738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-14053888299457904492009-03-01T10:48:00.000+11:002009-03-01T10:48:00.000+11:00The leitmotif of the meal was that each dish had s...The leitmotif of the meal was that each dish had some element that overpowered the main ingredient. With the garfish it was the chickpeas, with the tartare it was vinegar, with the veal it was a sticky brown sauce. This is pretty clear, I think.<BR/>She describes the beef carpaccio as: 'A typically raucous rendition of beef carpaccio ($27.50) has shredded beetroot "jam", some horseradish Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9789686.post-11755514793722906232009-02-25T21:38:00.000+11:002009-02-25T21:38:00.000+11:00I gagged on the Epicure review. Three times I trie...I gagged on the Epicure review. Three times I tried to read it. Once in print and twice online - but the meanderings were too much for me. It failed to get me in, nor did it hold my interest long enough to get me half way through.<BR/><BR/>I know that we food bloggers can be verbose, especially about things irrelevent to the meal reviewed, but in this case the asides were not engaging. To your stickyfingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861830835308131738noreply@blogger.com