Here at the Epicurean Librarian, our motto is "if it tastes good, it is good." Of course, we've blatantly ripped this from Duke Ellington's famous comment about music, "if it sounds good, it is good," intentionally adding musical allusions to the mix, broadening our palate to include food, drink, music....and we'll see what else.
Let's start off with a dozen favorite tunes about food, just to get the ball rolling....
Beans and Cornbread - Louis Jordan
RC Cola and a Moon Pie - NRBQ
Eggs and Sausage - Tom Waits
Call Any Vegetable- The Mothers of Invention
Jambalaya - Hank Williams
Fishin' Blues - Taj Mahal
Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie
Home Grown Tomatoes - Guy Clark
Church - Lyle Lovett
Hokey Pokey - Richard and Linda Thompson
Hot Biscuits and Sweet Marie - NRBQ
Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan
Did we say Eggs and Sausage? Well, here at the Epicurean Librarian we personally only eat the former, but we're more than happy to hear ditties about the latter, such as this fine tune by Tom Waits on the Mike Douglas show in 1976. Stick around for the interview after "Eggs and Sausage" (Douglas: "Do you classify yourself as a poet or as a singer?" Waits: "I"m a Methodist."):
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