Note on Food

Note on Food

A list of food-related phrases

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a set of images, thinking about food and food culture. Although the writing appears to be composed of almost purely fragmentary statements, such as “gulp and gorge”, it proves part of a larger project of crafting a language around both leisure and food. (Many of these phrases appear recycled throughout Neiman’s notes, as well as sometimes making appearances in artworks.) The document then speaks to both the artist's aesthetic as well as more sociological interests.

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Notes

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English

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New York (N.Y.) New York

gastronomy 3 times a day
For the eyes (Feast for the eye splendor)
an occasion
For Gourmets For celebrations (wedding [?])
A fellow human prepared it.
(Butter up, apple of my eye, a real peach, no piece of cake, nothing fishy, top banana, to real tomato)
(anticipation, entertainment, people work hard deserve reward, a good dinner a reward)
gulp and gorge - sip and sup
great wine makes a wine
they'll (he'll) never drink
(waiters - chefs - bartenders on
their feet
barber duties artists)

Pencil on paper.