Jack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK 79 Five Spice Chicken Vietnamese hole-in-the-wall acclaimed as Cordon Bleu off Polk Street on California in the City of St. Francis A musky scent of mystery perfumes the well-worn counter with pedestals as stools a smaller seedy Nighthawks café Flames leap up as fat spits and drips on fire below an ancient grill sideshow for a late lunch In a lingua franca spoken in borderlands both East and West a wizened woman asks five-spice chicken They nod yes as she scoops clumps of rice onto chipped platters and with a pair of tongs takes from the grill two tiny chickens that waft rich decadent aromas Sweet star-anis reigns while cinnamon and cloves with licorice undertones support freshly grated ginger in an exotic fusion more powerful than poppies Jack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK 80Jim Stewart Vet and grown boat-boy are whisked off to some imaginary war-time Saigon side street seduced and die a gourmand’s death in a city once known as Paris of the East Not sated yet they leave and retire to a quickly rented room in the blighted gritty Tenderloin for a long and languid lazy digestifJack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK Folsom Street Blues81 Jim with Cigarette 1977: auto-photograph by Jim Stewart at 766 Clementina Street. Chuck Arnett, David Hurles, Bill Essex and others once lived in building across the street, seen out the window.Jack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK 82Jim Stewart Leatherneck Bartender Ron 1977: photo by Jim Stewart, at the corner of 11th Street and FolsomJack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK Folsom Street Blues83 Leatherneck Poster 1977: model Max Morales, photo by Jim Stewart Published in Drummer, Issue 21, p. 78Jack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK 84Jim Stewart Spring - from the series Four Seasons of Ass 1977: model Max Morales, photo by Jim StewartJack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK Folsom Street Blues85 Summer — from the series Four Seasons of Ass 1977: model Max Morales, photo by Jim StewartJack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK 86Jim Stewart Fall — from the series Four Seasons of Ass 1977: model Max Morales, photo by Jim StewartJack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK Folsom Street Blues87 Winter — from the series Four Seasons of Ass 1977: model Max Morales, photo by Jim StewartJack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK 88Jim Stewart Max for Mr. CMC — 1978 1978: model Max Morales, photo by Jim Stewart Leatherneck Bar, 11th Street at Folsom poster for the CMC CarnivalNext >