the politics of food

[Brad De Long]

>On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Brad De Long wrote:
>>
>> Oh, things could get worse. I remember one meeting where a bunch of people
>> were clustered around the market screens waiting for the Federal Reserve to
>> raise interest rates, while one assistant secretary described to another
>> the squid stuffed with lavender he had eaten the previous night...
>
>You are lying about the squid stuffed with lavender. That is an impossible
>combination. I've been sitting here for 20 minutes trying to imagine such
>a thing, and I cannot (I used to be a line cook/sous chef) I have never
>seen a recipe for any kind of sea-food and flowers.

Kincaid's, in Washington D.C., spring 1994. Let me look for details...

Brad DeLong