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I have stopped counting...However, I just received Alfred Portale's "Simple Pleasures" which has the most wonderful recipe for Chocolate-Grand Marnier Cake. The intense chocolate and suble orange flavors are fabulous!!
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I think that the French islands have the best food. The islands of St. Bart's , Guadalupe, Ilse de Saintes,and Martinique are part of France...their supermarches are the most fantastic stores that I have seen! They are stocked with fresh fish, meat, freshly baked breads, pates, wines ... everything that a Frenchman must subside on. This is in contrast to the British or formerly British islands that have naught but the most unappatizing looking provisions.
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I lived in the Caribbean for 4 years and have to say the food is generally horrible. The main reason is that they just can't get great product over there. I have seen chicken and meat shipped in on boats from the US and it looked pretty damaged and was definitely not kept cold. If you eat anything, you should eat fish and other locally available items (as you should in any place). Overall, i think Barbados, Trinidad and Puerto Rico have the best food although i have heard great things about Cuba but have never been. I think the key is MORE PEOPLE=BETTER FOOD. The smaller the island population, the worse the food since there is less available.
Trinidad is really unique since it has a great combination of Indian/Chinese/African influences which meld together in great ways. My favorite thing there is a corn chowder they serve in huge vats right on the street.
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I lived in the Caribbean for 4 years and have to say the food is generally horrible. The main reason is that they just can't get great product over there. I have seen chicken and meat shipped in on boats from the US and it looked pretty damaged and was definitely not kept cold. If you eat anything, you should eat fish and other locally available items (as you should in any place). Overall, i think Barbados, Trinidad and Puerto Rico have the best food although i have heard great things about Cuba but have never been. I think the key is MORE PEOPLE=BETTER FOOD. The smaller the island population, the worse the food since there is less available.
Trinidad is really unique since it has a great combination of Indian/Chinese/African influences which meld together in great ways. My favorite thing there is a corn chowder they serve in huge vats right on the street.
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Add about 935 for me. My last acquisitions were American Boulangerie by Pascal Rigo(the best canneles), The Whole Beast by Fergus Henderson. Among my oldest are MFK Fisher's How to Cook a Wolf.
I have a winery so people are always giving me regional cookbooks (such as Mrs. Wilkes Boardinghouse Cookbook from Savannah, GA)
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Sorry that you missed out on the green walnuts...ask for them early next year in June...it does't take many to make Nocino.Another old recipe from "I don't remember where" is easy and I like it even better than the "vin" recipe.
It is called French 44
Take one orange
stick it with 44 coffee beans
put it in a jar with 44 sugar cubes and a litre of vodka
leave for 44 days and filter and bottle
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I am cooking steak and fries and CANNELES!!! After a week drinking wine in St. Emillion and having canneles every day I am hooked on these French treats. The steak and fries seem to be on the menu of many French bistros. (such as Bouchon in Yountville)
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How about a twice baked spinach soufle (ala Anne Willan) It can be made in advance and "Twice baked"? I do it at big parties all the time...foolproof!!
What's The Strangest Food Book in Your Collection?
in Cookbooks & References
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THE EXPLORERS COOKBOOK by members of New York's Explorers Club
Includes such goodies as Iguana Thermidor (recipe for 25 people), Fried Bear Intestine and Pepper Python