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You know shit's gotten serious when SERVING CAVIAR and SERVING FOIE GRAS are the first two sections in a cookbook.
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The first actual recipe is GALANTINE OF TURKEY (12 to 15 servings). Its first ingredient is "1 twelve- to fifteen-pound turkey."
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"The galantine is placed in a suitable kettle, covered with broth and simmered until done."
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"In decorating food with aspic there is only one trick:" NYTimes had Buzzfeed beat by 50 years.
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The first page of the CHEESE DISHES chapter takes the cake, though:
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"Clifton Fadiman probably has written the ultimate essay on cheese."
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"He quotes P. Morton Shand, who considered a love of cheese inherent in humanity".
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"cheese, milk's leap toward immortality"
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I must stop or I'll just end up quoting the entire page.
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This paean to cheese ends on the next page with "a listing by category of the most important cheeses available in New York."
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Replying to @nnethercote
And then there's "All addresses Manhattan unless otherwise specified." (page 673) ?

Jul 15, 2016 · 4:57 AM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron
And the very first address given is in Brooklyn!