There's been a dearth of shallow thoughts on Dining@Large lately, at least from STW guru John Lindner.
Apparently John has been off thinking deep thoughts in -- wait for it -- Sudan.
John will have to fill you in on what he was up to there. All I know is his trip had nothing to do with food.
Here's what John just e-mailed me.
"Back from Sudan ... with no really compelling food stories. Maize, OK? And white rice, and a Kenyan hot sauce. Goat, sure. But nothing to write home or to Sandbox about.
"Little silvery dried fishes. And lots more maize."
John hopes to be back with a Shallow Thought Wednesday post next week.
A Sudanese policeman -- or is it John Linder? -- examines camels for sale at a weekly camel market on a desert plain 10 miles west of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. AP photo