I went with a non-white friend to a non-white restaurant with a very spicy noodle soup that was somehow listed on the menu they give to non-spicy customers, and the non-white waiter warned me not in so many words that this spicy soup is not meant for people who are not non-white, but my non-whiteContinue reading “Spicy and Non-spicy”
Category Archives: Erik Schwab
Colors of Corn
There’s yellow corn, unsurprisingly, sold off a truck bed the day it was picked, humidity slowing down the sunlight and licking your shirt. We shucked it on my grandmother’s kitchen steps, boiled it quick, and served it to my grandfather in a blue and white bowl with salt dishes and ample butter. Grandfather’s summer rules:Continue reading “Colors of Corn”
Adventures in Vegetarianism
I was a vegetarian for exactly 20 years starting January 1, 1992 — a New Year’s resolution. Although I’d like to claim an ethical awakening, it was really that my girlfriend was a vegetarian so I became one too. I’d expected to fight cravings for bacon or burgers but it was much easier than that,Continue reading “Adventures in Vegetarianism”
German Christmas Cookies
My ex-wife and I had our differences, but we each had a German parent (my father, her mother) and grew up with Christmas traditions that met America halfway but not entirely. One thing I learned from her was the art of German Christmas cookies. My dad never baked, so my childhood passed without the lessonsContinue reading “German Christmas Cookies”
Table Tales - 150 word stories 