Read historical fiction novels and Jewish philosophy voraciously. Build web sites, ecommerce stores and SEO to pay the bills. Serial entrepreneur too. Go JSU!
Robert Ludlum’s The Parsifal Mosaic is moonlit betrayals on the Costa Brava to Cold War chaos, Michael Havelock can’t catch a break—or a straight answer.
Paella & white wine. Spies deserve carbs and clarity. 🍷🍚
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Just reread The Scarlatti Inheritance - Ludlum's first novel! WWII thriller about Nazi/corporate corruption. Love the scene where investigators share contraband whiskey while investigating corruption. Pairing with whiskey - smooth surface, burning secrets 🥃 #BooksAndFood
re-skimmed "The Call of the Wild" cuz my kid had it for school. It's less sled dog story & more John Wick with fur. Buck goes from spoiled pet to wolf legend.
Food pairing: miner's stew + sourdough bread. Yukon survival fuel > raw salmon mush any day.
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Bram Stoker's "Dracula" is full-on creepy castles, midnight snacks, and vampires. Food pairing? Garlic confit with garlic bread - soft golden cloves to spread, snack, or stake a vamp with.
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War and Peace. 1,200+ pages later, I feel like Pierre wandering into a juice bar in 2025. 🍫🥤 Pairing it with a protein bar (for the slog) + a smoothie (for Natasha's chaotic energy). Tolstoy was the OG long-form content creator.
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Just finished Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 🚤 Huck + Jim floating down the Mississippi feels like the OG road trip story. Freedom, friendship, & fried catfish (which I don’t eat) + cornbread (which I demolish). Twain knew food + freedom go together. #BooksAndFood
One of my lifetime favorites: The Count of Monte Cristo - the ultimate revenge story. Edmond Dantès goes from happy sailor to betrayed prisoner to the mysterious Count. Like a sea urchin, he grows spikes to protect the soft heart inside. 🦔💔 #BooksAndFood
Re-read The Bourne Identity. Before Starbucks made coffee a status symbol, Bourne was pounding bitter cups just to stay alive. 🥶 Meals? Plain café food. Drinks? Scotch that felt more like a weapon than a toast.
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Just finished Adrenaline by Jeff Abbott. Sam Capra, framed for murder, battles through danger, deception, & twists. Love the secret password, parkour moves, and how drinks tie into the story. Fast-paced, gritty, and impossible to put down! 🍸🍺 #Adrenaline#JeffAbbott#Thriller"
I tackled "Something to Die For" by James Webb. He uses food like a secret code to show who's who. The soldiers, all gritty & tough, eating awful military rations.
Then you got the suits in Washington talking shop over steak and wine. The contrast is huge!
@miamidolphins why is the coaching so bad. there is just no creativity. its as ordinary as cream cheese on a plain bagel before they invented toasters and flavored cream cheese and flavored bagels.