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The Old House at Home (1940)
- koolba 3y agoThis is a very fun read. Here’s a taste: > 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.
- jonah-archive 3y agoFor the interested, the book Two And Two has a lot more about the Old House. I used to visit regularly when I lived northeast and there's no place quite like it. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rafe-bartholomew/two-and-two/9780316231602/ https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rafe-bartholomew/tw...
- tkgally 3y agoThe author, Joseph Mitchell, was one of the great New Yorker nonfiction writers. More pieces by him: https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/joseph-mitchell https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/joseph-mitchell https://www.amazon.com/Up-Old-Hotel-Joseph-Mitchell/dp/0679746315/ 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/a-j-liebling https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/calvin-trillin https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/calvin-trillin https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/ian-frazier 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-telephone-booth-indian-by-a-j-liebling/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/101453/the-telephon... https://www.amazon.com/Gone-New-York-Adventures-City/dp/031242504X https://www.amazon.com/Gone-New-York-Adventures-City/dp/0312...