Dessert is Decadence

My grandparents used to eat dessert each night. Generally quite simple like fruit and icecream. Always handmade – an apple crumble perhaps. In fact now I recall they stewed and bottled their own fruit and made the icecream. It speaks of an age where people had time – time to prepare food, time to eat extended meals together, time for rituals, time for more than the essentials.

My partner and I manage to eat together about half the time. But we like food. And when food is special, it stops us from rushing though it while reading the newspaper. In our house – dessert is always special.

Let there be more dessert.

~ by moredessert on February 29, 2008.