标题: Draft Animals + Dining at L Train [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 5-4-2011 10:39 标题: Draft Animals + Dining at L Train 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
From the weekly Dining sectin of Today' New York Times.
(1) Tess Taylor, Brute Force; On Small Farms, Hoof Power Returns. New York Times, May 4, 2011 (title in print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/dining/04oxen.html?scp=1&sq=brute&st=cse
Quote:
"After the Civil War, many farms switched from oxen to horses. Although Amish and Mennonite communities continue to use horses, by World War II most draft animals had been supplanted by machines that allowed for ever-faster production on bigger fields.
"Animals are literally lighter on the land than machines. 'A tractor would have left ruts a foot deep in this road,' Mr. Ciotola noted. * * * And as an added benefit, animals leave behind free fertilizer.
My comment: Read paragraphs 2 to 4 only.
(2) Melena Ryzik, Aboard the L Train, Luncheon Is Served. New York Times, May 4, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/dining/04train.html?ref=melenaryzik
("There was no sign of the police or even a conductor, but officials at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, reached on Monday, were not amused. 'A dinner party on the L train?' said Charles F. Seaton, a spokesman for the authority. 'No. Subway trains are for riding, not for holding parties.' In deference to the authority’s rules, the hosts did not offer alcohol. This did not assuage Mr. Seaton. 'No beverages at all with open containers,' he said.")
My comment:
(a) L Train is a local train in New York.
L (New York City Subway service)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_(New_York_City_Subway_service)
(b) Summary: Several supper clubs sent emails to invite people to a six-course luncheon that tooka half-hour, serving a luxurious menu (paragraph 5) in an off-hour, bringing in tables, platters, utensils etc. The organizers looked out for transit police to disrupt them, which did not come. "Because of a few no-shows, there was room for walk-ups (or rather, passengers)." paragraph 10. It is more or less like a pop-up restaurant or, more aptly, flash mob. paragraph 1.
* The advent of pop-up restaurants:
Alex Cohen, 'Pop-Up' Restaurant LudoBites Hit Of Los Angeles, NPR, Aug 23, 2010
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129370687
(French celebrity Chef Ludo Lefebvre in LA: "I always say to Krissy, my wife, why I cannot just rent a restaurant for one year like we rent a house? Because, you know, I was very scared to sign a lease for 10 years or 15 years. That's scary." So Lefebvre asked a friend with a bakery that closed at night if he could turn it into a pop-up restaurant, one that would suddenly appear for a few weeks in the evenings and then close down. He christened his guerrilla-style eatery LudoBites)