As
founding director of the University of Adelaide's Research Centre for the
History of Food and Drink I had the pleasure of hosting Sid on several of his
trips to Australia. During one trip when we were having a drink together, Sid
asked me how my book on Alcohol, Sex, and Gender was going. I replied,
"fine," and proceeded to tell him how many different ways the
consumption of alcohol could be used as a metaphor for sex. "Lynn,"
he exclaimed with a twinkle in his eye, "anything can be used as a
metaphor for sex."
Pasta Darlene (named after my
sister-in-law, who likes figs with blue cheese and prosciutto)
Serves
two
Two
figs diced
Four
slices prosciutto
One
or more cloves of garlic, crushed
Half
cup olive oil
Blue
cheese or gorgonzola, amount according to taste
Pasta
for two
Slowly
warm garlic in olive oil.
Add
figs and prosciutto and cook for several minutes until hot.
When
pasta is al dente, quickly drain and put back in pan.
Quickly
crumb blue cheese or gorgonzola on top.
Quickly
pour hot sauce on top.
(Quickly
so that the hot pasta and hot sauce melt the cheese)
Eat,
enjoy!
Photograph taken on 11 August 2006 in
the Barossa Valley, South Australia. From the left Jackie, Sid, A. Lynn Martin,
and Angela Heuzenroeder, whose PhD dissertation on the food culture of the
Barossa Valley was examined by Sid.
