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A Cook's Notebook - reflections on food and cooking in our kitchens and in our lives - airs weekly on WAMC
Brussels Sprouts aired on WCAI & WNAN, December 17, 2003 and Dec. 22, 2005
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A Cook's Notebook - reflections on food and cooking in our kitchens and in our lives - airs weekly on WAMC Brussels Sprouts aired on WCAI & WNAN, December 17, 2003 and Dec. 22, 2005 PROMOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST and can read something like: This is Ali Berlow, join me for A Cook's Notebook - refections on food and cooking in our kitchens and in our lives...
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'Mon petit choux'. Did he just hear the waitress whisper in his ear 'My little cabbage' in French? She was reaching across him, filling up his wine glass. No, she must've said something like, "Excuse me sir?" when his eyes followed up her arm and settled on the porcelain sheen of her complexion. "How is your Christmas dinner?" she must've asked. He nodded with a mouth full of duck confit, mumbling "Yes very good and thank you" and turned back to his plate. He finished off the duck - slipping the last bit of meat off the bone and swirling it in a saffron cream before putting it into his mouth. 'This is the way to enjoy a Christmas meal' - he thought to himself - 'alone'.
A tidy pile Brussels sprouts was all that remained on his plate, besides the duck bone. He eyed them with some regret - they tainted, ever so slightly, the gratification he felt from the meal. Brussels sprouts were not...
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Hans Anderson
Posted on January 16, 2004 at 07:17 AM | Permalink
Review of A Cook's Notebook: Brussels Sprouts
I thought this must have been a misplaced piece... I found it in fiction. But it's not, it's a nice, sweet cooking story. It probably would help if I knew more about cooking, and perhaps about French. Well written.