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Rice & Fish
Nov 18th
“You have to go,” said my very pregnant friend. “I’ve been twice in one week.”
“For sushi?” I replied, with a skeptical eye directed down at her belly.
I’d been hearing a lot about Rice & Fish in recent months, but it wasn’t until my pal admitted to putting her fetus in danger that I decided to make the trip. Anything that could cause an expectant mother to throw caution to the wind must be awfully delicious. (more…)
Frenchie
May 21st
Not long ago, I sat down with some friends to try a new restaurant called Frenchie. Of the two entrées on offer, I chose a simple-sounding truite fumée, asperges (smoked trout, asparagus) over the too-simple-sounding salade tomates cerises. I mean, who serves cherry tomatoes in May?*
I must’ve looked puzzled when my starter arrived, because Clotilde leaned over and whispered something into my ear. “Wild asparagus,” she said, nodding to the thin shafts of bright green that were layered among their domesticated green and purple cousins.
I’d never actually seen the mythical foodstuff, but had read about it long ago it in Stalking The Wild Asparagus. Euell More >
