Posted on 10/13/2014 9:28:08 AM PDT by Baynative
One Saturday afternoon last month, six second graders from P.S. 295 in Brooklyn got a head start on the fine-dining life when they visited the acclaimed French restaurant Daniel. There, five waiters presented them with a seven-course tasting menu (after the trio of canapés and an amuse-bouche, naturellement). The meal was overseen by the star chef and eponym himself, Daniel Boulud, whose goal was, he says, “for the children to really discover a lot of flavor, a lot of layers, a lot of texture.”
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“When my second was born, we found out that it was the child, not our parenting skills.”
Having had 6 kids and numerous g/kids, I can attest to that.
Agreed on all counts. :o)
“Did it meet the standards set by Michelle O?”
Was 1 pack of ketchup enough to drown the food in?
Just as a note, when I say ‘Somebody Else’s Money,’ I mean the Somebody Else is present and paying for the meal. If I travel on my own and will be billing the client for lodging and meals, I don’t stay in the fanciest hotels nor dine at restaurants like Per Se or Daniel.
...and so often the comments either contradict what was said in the original posting article or have nothing to do with the topic at hand.
I pay sometimes. sometimes someone else pays.
If it’s for business, they pay.
Fine dining is fun and satisfying.
The little girl with the front teeth missing said she liked the broccoli the best.
Not a Moochie meal eh?
Then again, she might have flown them to Paris with a couple hundred of her friends. (snark, snark)
How much did each of the kiddos tip on their $220 meals? $40 sound about right?
With the 3 highlighted dishes being Japanese in nature, maybe they get it at home.
“Can I jut get a cheeseburger?....... to go?”
Coming late to the party, but this thread really strikes a chord with me. My dad was in the restaurant business, and my childhood was essentially a seven-course dinner at a wonderful bistro. I was NOT allowed to dislike any food UNTIL I tasted it. We ate all over the country, and then all over the world. I really appreciate wonderful food; the only thing I ever truly disliked was Nopales cactus, which I had in Mexico. Yuk.
I have always been amazed at the concept of “picky eaters.” Expose kids to a variety of excellent food and there will be no problem. BTW, “excellent food” does not include packaged, canned or frozen stuff. Truly, it’s very easy to cook from scratch.
I love nopales in an omelet. I mix it into the eggs with some cilantro and different spices
Nom nom !
Cilantro makes everything better:)
It isn’t really that hard to cook decent food. Seems like a lot of people don’t cook too much anymore.
I prefer scratch with freshest ingredients possible but I took a shortcut on gumbo tonight by just tossing in a mix instead of spices and file powder.
I’ll never do that again. It had a weird chemical aroma and flavor.
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