{"id":1239,"date":"2019-07-05T18:49:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T18:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterschireson.com\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2023-03-21T13:32:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T17:32:36","slug":"table-for-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterschireson.com\/table-for-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Table for Two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We dreamed of a life of p\u00e2t\u00e9 en croute,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>always arriving with a fig mostarda,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a life in which a contralto-green cilantro pesto&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>could be counted on to refresh the gamey lamb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why should the search for perfect cheese puffs be less important&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>than the search for pure black or the sound of one hand?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, we would change the world&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>one warm French potato salad at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tonight, the truffles ebony, the marrow gleaming,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>her glass eye gazes out across the dining room<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>from the sepia photo over the bar,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and all these years later, here am I, man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of a certain age, overcome<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>with nostalgia, near tears,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>my carefully mussed hair&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>glistening in the incandescent light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We dreamed of a life of p\u00e2t\u00e9 en croute,<\/p>\n<p>always arriving with a fig mostarda,<\/p>\n<p>a life in which a contralto-green cilantro pesto\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>could be counted on to refresh the gamey lamb.<\/p>\n<p>Why should the search for perfect cheese puffs be less important\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>than the search for pure black or the sound of one hand?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,23],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Table for Two - Peter Schireson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/peterschireson.com\/table-for-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Table for Two - Peter Schireson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We dreamed of a life of p\u00e2t\u00e9 en croute, always arriving with a fig mostarda, a life in which a contralto-green cilantro pesto\u00a0 could be counted on to refresh the gamey lamb. 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