![]() ![]() MARTIN: We mentioned in the intro soft boiled eggs. MARTIN: I think it's probably safe to say food is far more than just nutritional fuel for you.ĬHRISTENSEN: You could call it an obsession if you wanted to. There can be no hiding or sublimation when you're chewing a mouthful of food so good it makes you swoon. To eat passionately is to allow the world in. Good and terrible, overwhelming and miniscule. And to live fully is to be awake and responsive to complexities and truths. If you're seized with terrible, unprintable rage towards someone you love, a ripe, velvety avocado can send you over the edge with its innocent bystander meekness. ![]() KATE CHRISTENSEN: (Reading) Food can do many things, but it can't substitute for sex. It's called "Blue Plate Special." And in it, she includes recipes and talks about the foods that connect her to different chapters of her own life. Soft boiled eggs and buttered toast - it may not be something you need to follow a recipe to make and not perhaps the most memorable dish you've ever had, but soft boiled eggs and buttered toast have the power to connect author Kate Christensen to another time and place. ![]()
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