The conference-goers seem to find comfort in telling and retelling the story of sushi – a strange, foreign dish that showcased raw fish and yet became not just acceptable but trendy in the west.
The conference-goers seem to find comfort in telling and re-telling the story of sushi – a strange, foreign dish that showcased raw fish (raw fish!) and yet became not just acceptable but trendy in the West.
I am an adventurous eater, and have sampled some strange dishes around the globe.
And so I draw the curtains, and so I lay out strange dishes, and so I step softly, and so I do not speak, and only twice, in many years, have I been stung, both times because, unthinking, I let in the terrible light.
When I listen to Barack Obama on the stump, I can't help recall the flirty Claudio, from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, about whom his friend Benedick remarked: "His words are a very fantastical banquet, just so many strange dishes".
A great cook can tell by mere taste what else needs to be added to improve a bland or strange tasting dish and most of this comes from sheer practice and innate decisions.
For the moment, at least, such strange, intriguing dishes have made Mr. Veyrat the undisputed superstar of French cuisine.
"If someone comes in with a strange-looking dish that smells fantastic, some of us are curious," said the marketing manager, Carol Ann Thomas, 33, a native-born American.
