William Faulkner Honored With Custom Flavor At NYC City Bakery

newyorker.com:

It's hard to imagine William Faulkner setting foot in City Bakery, edging through the anxious lunchtime crowd in Manhattan's Flatiron District and ordering himself a plate of marinated baked organic tofu, buckwheat soba, and kale. But today he was the guest of honor at the bakery's month-long hot chocolate festival as the twenty-second flavor: What Would Faulkner Drink?

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Comments

[RobtBrock]

06:53 PM on 02/28/2011

Mint Julep.

[Soulfest]

06:08 PM on 02/26/2011

A little "tea and sympathy."

[chaucer1]

03:47 PM on 02/24/2011

As a college undergrad, in about '58, I was granted an interview with Faulkner. Like any sophomore, I hoped to settle matters once and for all, so I asked, "WHY DO YOU WRITE?" The old man in his white suit puffed his pipe a bit, then responded, "To keep in liquor and cigarettes." I was told then by a professor that WF was drinking bourbon, the best he could find.

[Soulfest]

06:10 PM on 02/26/2011

Incredible! How long did you have with him? Do you have the interview? What was he like? Outrageous! Was it one of the greatest moments of your life? What did you think of him?

[SirenForSanity]

12:22 PM on 02/27/2011

Faulkner was not gregarious, having borderline contempt for the general public. But, I would have loved to interview him, too.

[Soulfest]

06:15 PM on 02/26/2011

Fanned and faved for the most exciting bit of information I have read in a while!

[Skyhawk]

07:33 PM on 02/23/2011

Bourban.

[captain hooker]

12:50 PM on 02/23/2011

By most accounts he drank illegal Mississippi moonshine.

[naschkatze]

11:55 AM on 02/23/2011

LOL. This post was not what I expected it to be.