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Marc Hamilton's avatar

David, really enjoyed this report on “Foods I miss from America”. My wife and I are currently visiting Paris as our son, daughter-in-law and granddaughters live in the 17th. We had a delightful dinner at a wonderful restaurant last night — La Table du Caviste Bio. The proprietor Dominic was marvelous. If you ever have a change please visit him. Also, I agree with your comments about corn - I miss the sweet corn from the fields of Illinois and the wonderful brisket from our home state of Texas. I was thrilled to see your comments about Scandia as I managed Scandia in its final years for Robert Peterson who bought it from Mr. Hansen in the 80’s. Have been reading your blog for the past couple of years and really enjoy it. — Marc Hamilton, New Braunfels TX (now in Paris for another week). And I love to grill the patron peppers as well.

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Like you and dill, I wonder what else to do with the mountains of basil flourishing in my US Florida garden. We have a freezer full of pesto. You actually can't get reeeeely good fresh tomatoes in Florida--I've even tried growing them--so caprese is a déception, and I too have taken to just eating the leaves off of the stem. And Florida corn on the cob is bleh. Oh for Ohio, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey corn...

What I find a bit frustrating in our SW France supermarkets is that the baking aisle isn't really a baking aisle. Baking ingredients are spread throughout the store. It's like a scavenger hunt to put together, say, a cherry frangipane tart. Your blog on US-to-France baking ingredients is quite helpful, and I recommend it to everyone spending cooking time in France. A French dictionary doesn't quite do the trick!

Oh... and Triscuits. I so miss Triscuits when we're in France. And my husband misses saltines.

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