Re: OOPS, I did it again (no trout)!

On 4/1/2026 1:24 PM, chefly wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:15:14 -0600
> chefly <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> AI Overview
> Richard Brautigan’s "recipes" are often surreal, literary inventions from his novels or poetic takes on simple, rustic food, notably featuring trout and summer fruit. A prominent example is the "grilled peaches and watermelon" salad inspired by his poetic style, featuring olive oil, herbs, parmesan, and balsamic reduction.
>
I've often said that I thought that *Engine Summer* could not have been 
written by someone who had not read *In Watermelon Sugar*. Crowley's 
other novel, *Little, Big* belongs alongside *So the Wind Won't Blow It 
All Away* in the must reads of American literature, even though they are 
nothing alike.

*Winter's Present* has allusions to both *Little, Big*, and another 
Brautigan novel, *Dreaming of Babylon*. Ann's "Fairy Book" is *Little, 
Big*.

*******
Winter and Ann sat on a fallen log, and Ian concluded that they hadn't 
paid any attention to what he'd just said.  He'd provide the food, and 
after a short repose, they'd walk.  Walk.  He thought about every step 
they'd be taking, every crunch of the former year's leaves and mused, 
"I'm falling into dreaming of Babylon, and there's work to be done."
*******

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