The Roanoker - May/June 2019 - 126
IN
DEFENSE
OF
FINE
DINING
written by shari dragovich
OUR DINING WRITER
EXPLAINS WHY FINE
DINING - EVEN ON
A SCHOOL NIGHT! -
C A N B E R E WA R D I N G
AND RELAXING.
126
MAY/JUNE 2019
T here's something I've been
considering these days;
a claim of sorts I'd like to make.
Or, at least consider. And, I'd like
to consider it with you, my faithful
Roanoker dining readers. On the
surface, I realize, this claim may
present as brash. Self-indulgent,
even. But I'm willing to risk it; only
with you. For I'm counting on your
keen intellect and generous spirit
in hearing me out.
We need the experience of fine
dining in our lives. Why?
For beauty's sake.
Let me explain.
Recently, my husband and I
abandoned our teenagers to a half
homemade meal: frozen pizzas,
tossed salad and some cut apples in
a bowl, while we dined downtown
at Frankie Rowland's. It was a
Wednesday evening, our heavy
'to do' lists were hanging from our
shoulders, as were all the torments
'to-do' lists inevitably contain.
Now let me be frank. Partaking
in an elegant meal on a Wednesday
night didn't happen because of my
deep conviction for the altruistic
benefits of fine dining. Please. It
was an item on my list. It was a
work dinner we were squeezing in
between our kids' sports stuff, extra
work-related stuff, as well as a
host of other responsibilities we've
acquired by virtue of adulting.
So, there we were, checking a box,
trying to pretend our cell phones
weren't extensions of our arms and
time wasn't racing by.
Except, as soon as we were
seated, my phone magically
vanished from my mind and time
stopped racing. In fact, it suspended
all together. As I adjusted my eyes
to the warmth of yellow glow and
white linen, something inside
me adjusted, too. The feel of the
tablecloth on my wrists, the slow
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