[Magdalen] WTPho?

[Charles Wohlers]

I can remember when I was about 11 (1958 or so) my father took a business 
trip to Belgium - transatlantic air travel was still unusual then - and 
brought back a taste for French food. This was before Julia Child. So after 
he returned, he got my mother to cook something very exotic - coq au vin. I 
remember basically tolerating it then. I was a kid, and it was different, 
after all.

No Indian food until I was in grad school (early 70's) and my research 
director took us to the one and only Indian restaurant in Philadelphia. He'd 
gotten his Ph.D. in London (Imperial College) and so had developed a taste 
for Indian cuisine there. I've loved it ever since.

Chad Wohlers
East Bridgewater, MA USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Scott Knitter
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 9:24 AM
To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] WTPho?

In old photos of downtown Chicago, it looks like the really exotic
places to eat are "chop suey" restaurants. No Mexican or anything more
specialized.

On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 7:33 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
<magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> I'm sure the big cities, especially the immigrant coastal cities,  have
> always been aware and open to new cuisines, but for much of the
> USA the commonality of ethic restaurants and the availability of
> the greater variety of foods in groceries for new recipes is a
> recent phenomenon.




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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA