Word: cassoulet
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Some of the more interesting delicacies on the menu: pigs' feet cassoulet, beaver confit, stuffed goose's neck, eel gratin and frog tart. Other attractions were a 4-ft. 5-in. candied Eiffel Tower, a 10-ft. vegetarian paella dish and a gigantic cooking pot 10 ft. in diameter and 5 ft. deep. The buffet organizers topped off the pot presentation with a pinch of culinary cuteness: they had a jazz band called Haricots Rouges (translation: Red Beans) play music...
...most celebrated dish of the southwest is cassoulet, a concoction of meat and dried beans that is the subject of as many variations and arguments as bouillabaisse or chili. After tasting dozens of versions, the author found the ultimate cassoulet at the Hotel de France in Auch, prepared by the celebrated Gascon chef Andre Daguin. Made with fresh fava beans and confit of duck, it is a contrast in flavors and textures that struck her as nothing less than "a miracle." American cooks should be equally impressed...
...while we were doing it." Then Paul's assignments took the Childs away from Paris, first to Marseille, then to West Germany, then back to Washington, and finally to Norway. All the while Julia and "Simca," as she calls Simone Beck, corresponded furiously, including one epic discussion of cassoulet. The question at issue: Must the bean dish include preserved goose? Their conclusion...
...selection is huge: tripes a la mode de caen and cassoulet toulousain from France, passion fruit and paw-paw from Africa, canned minnows from Poland, hearts of palm from Brazil, 180 different varieties of honey, and Scandinavian sardines packed in six kinds of sauce. There are instant coffees from at least a score of countries, including Hungary and Arabia; there are quail eggs and cuttle fish (a member of the squid family) packed in their own ink. And there are betel nuts, which, excepting coffee and tea, rank as the most widely used narcotic in the world...