Word: radicchio
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Northern California, I remember beginning each visit to San Francisco by checking to make certain there were still pigeons in the parks. My fear was that between my trips to the city, all the poor birds might have been snatched up, smoked and served on a bed of radicchio...
...think the Trafalgar Square caper indicates that smoked pigeon on radicchio has replaced bangers and mash in the hearts of the English. The pigeons could be served as anything. As Escoffier, or one of them, may have said, "Chopping up is the great leveler...
...produce section continues to divulge its secrets. "Ladies! Americans are getting away from having one kind of lettuce in their salads," Raftery declaims, pointing out the arugula and radicchio. "But I have to confess that if I give these fancy kinds to my kids, they say, 'Maaaa ...'" She segues into a recipe for fried zucchini sticks ("Really nice for company...
...greed-locked streets of Manhattan at the dawning of the new age of avarice, I felt like John Reed in Moscow in 1917. A revolution in human consumption patterns was under way, and I was on the barricades, ordering grilled tuna with sun-dried tomatoes, an arugula-and-radicchio salad, an insouciant Chardonnay and cappuccino...
...past. Put plainly, the croissant is out and the doughnut is in, and the same goes for restaurant fare. At some haughty spots like New York City's four-star Le Cirque, the humble turnip is increasingly turning up in soups and as a side dish. Addio, radicchio...