Critiques, cravings and conundrums from the Madison food and dining scene
Small DishesAugust 2011
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08/27/11Seeing More Seafood
No doubt you’ve heard the joke, “I’m on the seafood diet … I see food and I eat it. Actually, I could very well subsist on a seafood diet—fresh fish and shellfish. I’m known to go on the lobster roll diet when I go to Cape Cod and the oyster diet when I go to New Orleans. I just can’t get enough, but I should start at the beginning. Growing up, in the center of the country far away from the bounty of the ocean was limiting to say the least. ... Posted at 07:06 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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08/14/11Loving the Love Apple
La Pomme D'Amour—the love apple)—is the name the French adoringly gave the tomato back in the 16th Century. As things go, tomatoes, a native to South America, came to the European table relatively recently. It’s unclear as to who brought back the first tomato from the New World: maybe the Spanish explorer Cortez after he conquered the Aztecs in Mexico, but possibly even Columbus as early as 1493. Posted at 10:03 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
I found my interest in writing by accident. My training and first job was as a graphic designer. Unemployed, the only employment I could find in advertising at that time was as a copywriter. Somehow, I convinced Richard Newman & Associates to hire me. Later I learned they were desperate. Madison has been my home off and on since 1957 (nonstop for the past 31 years). I write about food, which I love. – Dan Curd
