Gastronomic Meditations: O Solo Mio

The day of romance and love is almost here! Little pink and red hearts will pop up in every store window that you pass. Florist shops have put up their “Help Wanted” signs and apparently will hire anyone from an eager eleven-year-old nerd who owns a bike to a stumbling, alcohol-perfumed escapee from the latest installment of “Life on the Road” to deliver massive tons of paper-wrapped roses from lovers to happy receivers (who today are individually referred to by the world as “My Valentine”).


Surprisingly enough, the great American machine of marketing and consumerism – one that provides such solid answers to each problem that presents itself in our lives – has not yet found an answer to one seemingly important question that many people ask themselves as this day approaches: “Where’s MY Valentine?” (read more)


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