50 treats for your tastebuds from The Times
Jul 9th, 2006, 05:29 AM
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50 treats for your tastebuds from The Times
What an adventure this could be.
The Times June 24, 2006
50 tastes of summer
Jill Dupliex offers her top 50 treats from around the world to sip, savour and share in the most beautiful places
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/arti...238407,00.html
The Times June 24, 2006
50 tastes of summer
Jill Dupliex offers her top 50 treats from around the world to sip, savour and share in the most beautiful places
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/arti...238407,00.html
Jul 9th, 2006, 01:04 PM
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Fun, but a tad Euro-centric! The only US entry was Maine Lobster in San Francisco! What??? How about Maine Lobster in Maine.
Heck let's go for a whole clambake! Any other summertime treats come to mind?
I'll take a Mint Julep with mint from my own garden!
Heck let's go for a whole clambake! Any other summertime treats come to mind?
I'll take a Mint Julep with mint from my own garden!
Jul 9th, 2006, 07:40 PM
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Okay, let's outdo Ms. Dupliex.
I vote for
(solid): olives ascolane (deep fried stuffed green olives) with creme (deepfried pudding) eaten in a lovely agriturism in the southern Marches of Italy.
and liquid:
a double Margerita (with salt on the rim, please) in a restaurant in the foothills of Tucson with a view of the city.
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I vote for
(solid): olives ascolane (deep fried stuffed green olives) with creme (deepfried pudding) eaten in a lovely agriturism in the southern Marches of Italy.
and liquid:
a double Margerita (with salt on the rim, please) in a restaurant in the foothills of Tucson with a view of the city.
Next?
Vera
Jul 10th, 2006, 04:48 AM
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Lobster in Maine,
Gooey ducks in Seattle
Steamed crabs in Annapolis
Steak in Chicago or Kansas City
Low Country Boil anywhere from Charleston to Jacksonville
Stone Crabs in Florida
Oyster stew in NYC
A Po' Boy sandwich in New Orleans
Steamed shrimp in Savannah
for a start
Gooey ducks in Seattle
Steamed crabs in Annapolis
Steak in Chicago or Kansas City
Low Country Boil anywhere from Charleston to Jacksonville
Stone Crabs in Florida
Oyster stew in NYC
A Po' Boy sandwich in New Orleans
Steamed shrimp in Savannah
for a start
Jul 10th, 2006, 05:04 AM
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I preferred Nigel Slater's list of 50 things every foodie should do, published in the Observer last year:
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/...614436,00.html
(and yes, the US has more than one entry on the list)
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/...614436,00.html
(and yes, the US has more than one entry on the list)
Jul 10th, 2006, 05:11 AM
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Oh my goodness, not enough USA listings, that will never do. Who can possibly forget the Po'Boy sandwich in New Orleans.
Is it not possible the "Maine" lobster can be served in other parts of the country / world? I don't think anyone ought to tar the author of this list with the same geographical brush of ignorance that besets many (not all) Americans.
I also counted 18 or 19 non-European references, not bad I think when you consider the diversity of cuisine in Europe.
Is it not possible the "Maine" lobster can be served in other parts of the country / world? I don't think anyone ought to tar the author of this list with the same geographical brush of ignorance that besets many (not all) Americans.
I also counted 18 or 19 non-European references, not bad I think when you consider the diversity of cuisine in Europe.
Jul 10th, 2006, 05:24 AM
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Marko and MikeyMoo are being deliberately obtuse. Of course you CAN eat Maine Lobster outside of Maine. But the article is *clearly* slanted toward eating local specialties in the locality where they're special. There is no way Maine lobster is a local specialty of San Francisco. If she had suggested eating Maine Lobsert at a local restaurant in Portland, ME, or better still at a simple "shack" restaurant along New England's coast, fine.
It looks like Ms. Dupleix was reviewing her list, thought, geez, forgot to put anything American in there, ok how about Maine Lobster, now where did I eat that last? oh right, San Francisco, oh good, I've ticked that box, now I can head off to the pub.
If she really believes the best place to eat Maine Lobster is in California, she doesn't know half as much about food as she's hoodwinked the Times into thinking she does.
It looks like Ms. Dupleix was reviewing her list, thought, geez, forgot to put anything American in there, ok how about Maine Lobster, now where did I eat that last? oh right, San Francisco, oh good, I've ticked that box, now I can head off to the pub.
If she really believes the best place to eat Maine Lobster is in California, she doesn't know half as much about food as she's hoodwinked the Times into thinking she does.
Jul 10th, 2006, 01:25 PM
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Ms Dupliex's list is a very personal list from her own experiences. It is not a collection from others as is the Nigel Slater article. She writes "Luckily the world is full of genuinely wonderful things to eat and drink, and places in which to eat and drink them. Here are 50 of my favourites."
Criticizing a list of favorites because one was a Maine lobster in San Francisco is hypercritical. If she never had a lobster in Maine she couldn't make it a favorite. She did have one in SF and the total experience was enough for her to include in her list.
She makes no pretence of being a "foodie", else why Brighton and Brighton Rock on the list.
The article was good fun and made me think of some of my favorites:
The memory of the Knickerbocker Glory at the Italian family's ice cream shop in Largs, Scotland still outshines what I remember of the gelato in Venice and Florence and the ice cream at Berthillon.
The fried calamari at Gilligan's in the port city of Austin, TX was the best I've ever had. The jazz piano wasn't bad either.
Steamers eaten on the deck in New Harbor, ME. Just chuck the shells into the harbor.
Up the coast to Round Pond where you chose your lobster to be boiled and eaten right away. Again, shells into the water from the dock and BYOB.
The mussels in a marinari sauce at George's in Galilee, RI after a day of fishing. Of course, with a Gansett.
Sandwiches from Provender's at Tiverton Four Corners and eaten while sitting on the rocks at Sakonnet Point watching the sailboats in the bay.
Should I mention shrimp at the dock in Oslo fresh off the boat and cooked while still wriggling, monkfish at Zet Isie that we stumbled across on a cold and rainy November night in Amsterdam.
Criticizing a list of favorites because one was a Maine lobster in San Francisco is hypercritical. If she never had a lobster in Maine she couldn't make it a favorite. She did have one in SF and the total experience was enough for her to include in her list.
She makes no pretence of being a "foodie", else why Brighton and Brighton Rock on the list.
The article was good fun and made me think of some of my favorites:
The memory of the Knickerbocker Glory at the Italian family's ice cream shop in Largs, Scotland still outshines what I remember of the gelato in Venice and Florence and the ice cream at Berthillon.
The fried calamari at Gilligan's in the port city of Austin, TX was the best I've ever had. The jazz piano wasn't bad either.
Steamers eaten on the deck in New Harbor, ME. Just chuck the shells into the harbor.
Up the coast to Round Pond where you chose your lobster to be boiled and eaten right away. Again, shells into the water from the dock and BYOB.
The mussels in a marinari sauce at George's in Galilee, RI after a day of fishing. Of course, with a Gansett.
Sandwiches from Provender's at Tiverton Four Corners and eaten while sitting on the rocks at Sakonnet Point watching the sailboats in the bay.
Should I mention shrimp at the dock in Oslo fresh off the boat and cooked while still wriggling, monkfish at Zet Isie that we stumbled across on a cold and rainy November night in Amsterdam.
Jul 10th, 2006, 02:40 PM
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My God BTilke, did we forget our medication today?.
The author of the article was writing of her own experiences with food, I don't thing it was slanted in any way but her own prefernces, unless you have more personal experience of the author ? One of the best chinese restaurants I ever ate at was in Athens (no sweet and sour souvlaki though !! 
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The author of the article was writing of her own experiences with food, I don't thing it was slanted in any way but her own prefernces, unless you have more personal experience of the author ? One of the best chinese restaurants I ever ate at was in Athens (no sweet and sour souvlaki though !! )
