The Stinking Rose million. The Stinking Rose The Stinking Rose is a California-based restaurant, known for including garlic as an ingredient for every one of its dishes. It has two outlets; one in San Francisco and one in Beverly Hills. The official mantra is "We season our garlic with food". Among other things, it serves garlic ice cream. It has inspired two garlic-themed cookbooks titled "The Stinking Cookbook" (1994) and "The Stinking Rose Restaurant Cookbook" (2006). In 2014, the 13,500 square foot restaurant on a 38,500 square foot lot in Los Angeles was put up for sale. The asking price was just under
A Rose for Emily it. The rose may be seen as Homer, interpreting the rose as a dried rose. Homer's body could be the dried rose, such as one that is pressed between the pages of a book, kept in perfect condition as Emily did with Homer's body. The "Rose" also represents secrecy. Roses have been portrayed in Greek legends as a gift of secrecy and of confidentiality, known as "sub rosa", introducing that the "Rose" is a symbol of silence between the narrator and Miss Emily, the narrator keeps Emily's secrets until her death. The story opens with a brief first-person account of