Note on Food

Note on Food

A note on food and food culture.

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides winding, fragmentary commentary on food and food culture. One side of the document speaks more directly to social dynamics in the restaurant industry (referring to the plight of the “wage class” as well as the “hunger” of the waiter—hunger for tips, that is). The other side of the writing, however, proves more aesthetically oriented; this side contains: firstly—a kind of loose narration, or description, of hunting small game, and secondly—a brief description of Neiman sketching in a restaurant context. The note although in no way total, speaks to the overlap of Neiman’s aesthetic and sociological interests.

LeRoy Neiman

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Notes

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English

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LN_Notes_2961_01; LN_Notes_2961_02

New York (N.Y.) New York

a good waiter (will) not mess
with a diner when ordering - he may
be hungry - - tip you know
The wage class
case of the artist Bohemian days
early 20th c. He must work on an
empty stomach
Oscar Wilde
If the man who drinks too much
didn't drink, he would be someone
else. Personality must be
accepted for what it is.
You musn't mind that
a poet or artist is a drunk,
rather than drunks are not
always poets or artists //

small game usually eaten fresh "while
the gun is still smoking"
he meat of game worn out by the chase
can be tough
Great Wood Grouse, the largest game bird
in Europe can be magnificent size and weight
of Turkey
Hors-D'Oeuvre 24 pages in Larousse
garnishes " pages in Larousse
Lettuce sacred in Egypt
When having endured enough small talk
at table or boring chatter I revert to
my sketchbook.
Waiters are the bets of subject.
In tune with the level of the restaurant
Supper at the Pharisees House
The Last supper
Veronese
wanting in enthusiasm

Felt-tipped pen on paper.