There is certainly a place for meals like that, but I generally speaking have to question bringing those items all the way over here in order to serve them. I'd love to try the Bouillabaisse. But I think it ought to be tried in Greece. I like crab when I catch it in a pot, bring it to the docks, cook it on the shore, toss the shells back in the bay. The food never goes more than throwing distance from the water. Give me chanterelles that still have pine needles on them, that smell of the damp fragrant hummus.
Meals with ingredients from all over the world are great on occassion and I will certainly admit to indulging in them now and then. But food is inherently tied in with location. It comes from the land and is part of the land and deserves to be paired with the land of its origin. Judah On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Adam Churvis < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pot luck dinner at Adam's house....I'll bring the green bean casserole > > Funny you should mention bean casserole. One of the courses was a roasted > Colorado lamb chop surrounded by Tarbais beans (perfectly cooked by Chef > Christophe Joignant), which are the only kind used in an authentic > Cassoulet. I found out later that the beans alone were two hundred dollars > per pound. > > I remember the Chaine event at Kyma earlier this year where Pano Karatassos > flew in directly from Greece some species of freshly caught fish that are > only available in Greece. Right from the fishing boats to a jet, then > taken > straight away to the restaurant that day. Served in a sort of > Bouillabaisse > "nage" in a very light fennel-infused broth. The entire place went silent > when we started on that course. Ethereal. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:270538 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
