Chef on a Platter
“What do you want to do for the rest of your life?” I ask him, taking a long sip of Nebbiolo. I’m digesting the delicious creature in front of me as well as his dinner.
“Cook for you,” he responds without hesitation.
“Come on, what do you really want to do? Head a 5-star kitchen? Be a Food Network Star? Do an Anthony Bourdain and travel the world in search of the perfect meal?”
“Why don’t I fix you the perfect meal? Hmm?” he says leaning back in his chair, lacing his fingers behind his head. “I’d do something fresh and unpretentious and, well, PERFECT. It’d be me on a plate.”
I raise an eyebrow.
“Wanna know the best part? The next time, we’d do it together. We’d recreate the passion and flavors—”
“—honey,” I say, rubbing the back of my neck, feeling my cheeks flush.
“Uhhum,” he clears his throat impatiently like he does when he’s onto something, “Like I was saying, we’d recreate the passion and flavors, then write it all down, bind it between two hard covers…”
February 2nd, 2006 at 10:46 am
Belle –
You are trying to hard. I feel like I’m being sold and this is merely a commercial.
You attracted attention due to your writing ability. Now, you are writing copy.
Just my thoughts,
A fan
February 2nd, 2006 at 10:51 am
Oh, Stretch, my dear…
I’m not putting anything down besides my thoughts.
Thanks for reading, though.
February 2nd, 2006 at 12:21 pm
Awww how sweet, I love seeing you happy and in love, it’s a beautiful thing, keep writing and don’t be shy with your thoughts, I love everything you write!
A fan xoxoxo
February 2nd, 2006 at 12:39 pm
Belle –
No question you have always written about your daily adventures — including love, life, sadness. I just noted a change in your blog since you went public in the new year.
Still enjoying your writing … you have a way with words that few can match.
Just the thoughts of a dirty ole man.
S
February 2nd, 2006 at 12:48 pm
Your eyebrows are annoyingly fabulous.
February 2nd, 2006 at 2:17 pm
people been dissin u lately? is that how come u turned on the moderation thingie?
February 2nd, 2006 at 9:46 pm
Well, I do declare Ms. Belle, I am fanning my fabulous self right now!
That guy of yours is smoother than silk! Every word is more delicious than the next! Even I’m blushing! LOL…I so am gonna use his words on my next dinner date!
February 3rd, 2006 at 4:37 pm
I’m slow on the uptake–I just finished reading your dinner whore article. I think it’s brilliant. There are too many men to count that USE women for sex which plays with their emotions. Why can’t we USE men for something not nearly as dangerous or intimate? The double standard in this society is ridiculous.
On the subject of your bf–I’m very happy for you and chef, you make a handsome couple.
I once dated a chef and let me tell you the food was just as delicious as the…
well you figure it out
February 3rd, 2006 at 5:24 pm
Stretch,
Perhaps you are just thrown by the use of pictures on her blog (which, coicidentally, she could only do once she went public)? The writing’s just as delicious as ever…
Another fan
February 5th, 2006 at 8:33 am
Time to de-lurk. Greetings from one southern belle to another!
Good Lord! Isn’t it wonderful have a man who cooks for you, and mixes in a little innuendo? I have one myself.
February 5th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Stretch, could it be you are looking through the lens of envy? B’s writing hasn’t changed!
February 6th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
I can see a cook book on the back burner!
Joy
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February 8th, 2006 at 12:52 pm
The two of you need to write together… cookbooks with his recipes and brief anecdotes from you relating to your relationship and how it ties to particular recipes. novels by you interspersed with his recipes as they fit the scenes in the book… I’d buy both.