In perusing Barbara Ehrenreich‘s blog to find something to give to my critical thinking class for discussion on class issues, I found this delightful entry on haute cuisine, which doesn’t turn out to be so hawt after all. I have to admit that I took some perverse pleasure in the news (albeit late) of Serendipity 3, the NY restaurant infamous for the $25,000 chocolate and gold cake, was found to have mice, mouse droppings, and roaches.*
Who spends $25 K on a cake or $1000 on a sundae? It’s way too extravagant for me to think about. It’s difficult to enough for me to drop some money on something fancy such as a crème brûlée or a slice of cake that is close to $10 and over, but this is dirt cheap in comparison. If someone has that much money that they want to invest in gold by ingesting it, they should give it to me. Checks can be mailed to the PO box in the sidebar.
*Serendipity 3 has reopened this week, hopefully to offer their $1000+ desserts vermin free.
Tags: Barbara Ehrenreich, degoutant, extravagance, gross
