一月至今仍在看一本有關食物的書，「Life Is Meals」，是James Salter 和他的妻子Kay Salter合寫的，已翻譯成中文，「生命饗宴」。我買的是英文，因為翻譯得好的書是很小很小的。看書還是原汁原味的比較好。書中記載了作者多年的入厨經驗、食譜和每一餐為客人而設的筵席。食物的典故、來源、有關的故事的敍述和精美繪圖，再加上作者感人的文筆讓美食格外吸引。字裡行間仿如也感覺到爐灶的溫度、也聽見刀鋒落在針板上的聲音和嗅到食物調味的芳馥。有時也不禁把鼻子靠近書嗅嗅，希望聞出什麼，一切盡在腦海中。
生命中的關係建立，喜慶節日和就算只是平凡的生活，也總離不開日復日的美味菜餚。因此，趁爸媽外遊的日子，也打開家門，逐一邀請朋友來分享「生命饗宴」。
“The meal is the essential act of life. It is the habitual ceremony, the long record of marriage, the school for behavior, the prelude to love. Among all peoples and in all times, every significant event in life – be it wedding, triumph, or birth –is marked by a meal or the sharing of food or drink. The meal is the emblem of civilization. What would one know of life as it should be lived or nights as they should be spent apart from meals?” – James & Kay Salter
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