Word: eggplanted
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...best food can be appreciated by the masses, but I plead guilty to a kind of food obsession that make raspberry squares only the idle munching that accompanies true plans for greatness: a casual lunch of spinachball appetizers, turkey scallopine with mushrooms in a marsala sauce, roasted eggplant, wild rice, a good white wine and a suitably square, suitably raspberry dessert choice...
...Order a packed lunch from the dining hall and then sit and watch the line move by the checker slowly. (Grilled eggplant roll-up anyone...
...same is true of the other entree, though the name alone is as much a mouthful as the end product. The grandiose "Rosemary and Black Tea Smoked Lamb Loin with a Spicy Eggplant Salad and a Roast Garlic Vereniki" ($19.50), gives little indication as to what the dish will actually taste like. Smoking the lamb is an unlikely method of preparation, but it works well--especially with the vague resonances of black tea, and the eggplant salad has a surprising tartness and spice which keeps the smoked meat from becoming monotonous...
Items that will be served more frequently include eggplant and chicken parmesan, breaded scallops, turkey cutlets and ravioli...
...admit certain biases. I've written for Wired a lot in the past three years; in fact, I have an 8,500-word masterpiece in the current issue (the one with the cantaloupe-and-eggplant-colored "Burning Man" cover and the acid-green-paisley Absolut ad on the back). And some time ago, I received, along with many other contributors, 2,000 shares of Wired Ventures stock, recently declared worthless. So what? Denounce Louis and Wired just because Wall Street's skepticism forced him to withdraw his public stock offering for the second time? This I will not do--though...