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roger desmond

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  1. Frank is an eloquent person. I wish he still edited the Wednesday section. I do not feel the same but I see his point. Today I ate sand dabs in a restaurant in Los Gatos because they taste so....California. I don't eat them in Connecticut where I live but at 72 I want to taste local food in a variety of locales, drink with locals and generally keep turning new corners. 

    www.findingfantasticfood.com

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  2. You bet!

     

    It was mid-80's, and I was a young professor flying from Hartford to San Jose. I was upgraded to 1st. class because flight was overbooked (Imagine!). On the second leg from Chicago I was served crawfish etouffe and a bottle of Chateau Montelena Chardonnay. Since no one nearby was interested in wine, attendant left me the bottle! It was the best crawfish I ever had to this day! It paired so nicely with the wine...

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  3. I am researching literature about food, American cookbooks in the 18th through 21st. centuries, and related topics. I have found evidence that since the earliest writing about food and cooking, Americans have displayed a sometimes blatant, sometimes veiled apology about their cuisine, as compared to their European counterparts. Please send me any references or ideas that support or refute this claim.

    Thanks, and Happy Holidays!

  4. Charentais are mighty good-among my favorites, along with juan canary, santa claus and miniature musks. I wouldn't know where to buy them here in CT., but I have no trouble growing them. Just throw the seeds in and feed regularly. Your garden should be fairly animal-proof, some of mine usually go to rabbits and woodchucks, but the ones left are tasty. Seeds at: seedsavers.com

  5. The author got my state (CT.) right, Naftal. Pepe's is the best because of their tomato-free clam pie. But as he suggests, there are an awful lot of close runner-ups, all one one small street near Yale univ. Before they opened a branch in my neighborhood, I would occasionally drive 40 miles for a Pepe's!

  6. I am really tired of film critics who dismiss the "Julie" part of this film, suggesting that Julie and her husband were trivial as compared to Queen Julia. Both of them found themselves through the pursuit of a passion. Both had great spouses and I enjoyed watching the young couple practically making love to a bruschetta as much as I did watching Julia and Paul drooling over the waiter deboning the sole.

    It is a brilliant film!

  7. A friend just brought me some tuna bottarga from Italy. Beyond the "grate over pasta" approach, how else can I use it in interesting ways?

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