On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:24:33 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
wrote:

>Floyd's sometimes acerbic humor was born a bit from frustration, I think.
>He found his calling and his passion in food and he was dismayed to find it
>not shared by a great many people. It wasn't arrogance at all, because
>arrogant people make terrible teachers and he was in fact a very generous
>and eager teacher. It was more sadness I think, that he found people so
>uninterested in the finer things in life, like food and wine. I know I feel
>that way often. It just seems people don't really care.
>
>Paul
>
Nicely said.
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