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Tony Walton > wrote in message >...
> On 2004-06-09 20:55:08 +0100, (Bradwell
> Jackson) said:
>
> > Julian Vrieslander > wrote in
> > message
> > >...
> In
> >
> >> In article >,
> >> "kilikini" > wrote:
> >>
> >>> Let's take a poll on what people think the current ethnic food trend is. I
> >>> say it's Indo-Asian.
> >>
> >> According to an article in the NYT a few weeks ago, the latest hot
> >> trend is Spanish cuisine.
> >
> > Is Spanish cuisine descended from French cuisine?
>
> This sort of implies that French cooking is the "ur-cuisine" from which
> others sprang. And that's obvious nonsense.
>
> It's unlikely that the cuisine of Southern Spain is related to that of
> Normandy.
> It's likely that the cuisine of the Spanish Basque Country is related
> to that of south-western France.
>
> You Are The Ghost Of Escoffier And I Claim My Five Euros.

I'd like to thank you for the compliment, though the only thing I can
cook is Ramen Noodles. Also, I can't even claim to know what this
last sentence *means* :-)