The Old House at Home (1940)(newyorker.com) |
The Old House at Home (1940)(newyorker.com) |
> He liked to fit a whole onion into the hollowed-out heel of a loaf of French bread and eat it as if it were an apple. He had an extraordinary appetite for onions, the stronger the better, and said that “Good ale, raw onions, and no ladies” was the motto of his saloon.
As a lover of both crusty baguette ends and onions, I can’t wait to try this.
https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/joseph-mitchell
https://www.amazon.com/Up-Old-Hotel-Joseph-Mitchell/dp/06797...
Other favorites of mine are A. J. Liebling, Calvin Trillin, and Ian Frazier:
https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/a-j-liebling
https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/calvin-trillin
https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/ian-frazier
Memorable pieces that are similar in theme to “The Old House at Home” are “The Jollity Building” by A. J. Liebling and “Canal Street” by Ian Frazier. Both are still in print:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/101453/the-telephon...
https://www.amazon.com/Gone-New-York-Adventures-City/dp/0312...
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rafe-bartholomew/tw...