Consider, the Lobster
Having murdered a thousand ocean-bottom insects in my lifetime, it's about time I saved one.
I was hungry for bouillabaisse, which is probably even harder to spell than it is to make.
It’s a Marseillaise fish stew, hence the way they rammed two Provençal verbs together—bolhir (to boil) and abaisar (to simmer)—to give you the basic recipe in those pre-Mark-Bittman days. But I detect a hint of baiser there as well, a delicious French kiss. Of cou…
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