We got home late last night from the Northeast Birthday Tour. SO's
uncle's 90th birthday party was well attended, and we were all overfed.
Since the guest of honor is on the town council, many political
dignitaries were in attendance or sent greetings. The SO made a very
heartfelt testimonial to his uncle. While in NJ we partook of local
Italian and diner food, along with a seafood restaurant.

SO's late aunt was a bit of a foodie, and his uncle doesn't cook. So
the uncle asked me if there were any of his wife's cookbooks that I
would like. I didn't have much room in my suitcase for more books after
raiding Kitchen Arts & Letters, but I chose 3: LaVarenne's Paris
Kitchen; a Paula Peck book, and the Fog City Diner Cookbook. I was
surprised to see a copy of "Under the Mushroom" on the bookshelf. This
was a cookbook based on The Little Mushroom restaurant in Dallas, which
was a "ladies who lunch" tearoom in the 1970's and early 1980's. Talk
about a time warp! I had a great time looking at it, but left it there.
Just too many Jello and Velveeta recipes for me.

Cindy

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Cindy Fuller wrote:

> We got home late last night from the Northeast Birthday Tour. SO's
> uncle's 90th birthday party was well attended, and we were all overfed.
> Since the guest of honor is on the town council, many political
> dignitaries were in attendance or sent greetings. The SO made a very
> heartfelt testimonial to his uncle. While in NJ we partook of local
> Italian and diner food, along with a seafood restaurant.
>
> SO's late aunt was a bit of a foodie, and his uncle doesn't cook. So
> the uncle asked me if there were any of his wife's cookbooks that I
> would like. I didn't have much room in my suitcase for more books after
> raiding Kitchen Arts & Letters, but I chose 3: LaVarenne's Paris
> Kitchen; a Paula Peck book, and the Fog City Diner Cookbook. I was
> surprised to see a copy of "Under the Mushroom" on the bookshelf. This
> was a cookbook based on The Little Mushroom restaurant in Dallas, which
> was a "ladies who lunch" tearoom in the 1970's and early 1980's. Talk
> about a time warp! I had a great time looking at it, but left it there.
> Just too many Jello and Velveeta recipes for me.


Hey Cindy,

Sounds good. The Fog City Diner cookbook is a keeper. Lots of
great but simple recipes. The Red Curry Muscles are a favorite.

And... it's one of the few places I've ever found a decent
recipe for dutch crunch (bread) topping. If you're a bread
head give it a try.

--
Reg

"Cindy Fuller" > wrote

>While in NJ we partook of local
> Italian and diner food, along with a seafood restaurant.



ooo


I envy you this food!

In article >,
Reg > wrote:

> Cindy Fuller wrote:
>
> > We got home late last night from the Northeast Birthday Tour. SO's
> > uncle's 90th birthday party was well attended, and we were all overfed.
> > Since the guest of honor is on the town council, many political
> > dignitaries were in attendance or sent greetings. The SO made a very
> > heartfelt testimonial to his uncle. While in NJ we partook of local
> > Italian and diner food, along with a seafood restaurant.
> >
> > SO's late aunt was a bit of a foodie, and his uncle doesn't cook. So
> > the uncle asked me if there were any of his wife's cookbooks that I
> > would like. I didn't have much room in my suitcase for more books after
> > raiding Kitchen Arts & Letters, but I chose 3: LaVarenne's Paris
> > Kitchen; a Paula Peck book, and the Fog City Diner Cookbook. I was
> > surprised to see a copy of "Under the Mushroom" on the bookshelf. This
> > was a cookbook based on The Little Mushroom restaurant in Dallas, which
> > was a "ladies who lunch" tearoom in the 1970's and early 1980's. Talk
> > about a time warp! I had a great time looking at it, but left it there.
> > Just too many Jello and Velveeta recipes for me.
>
>
> Hey Cindy,
>
> Sounds good. The Fog City Diner cookbook is a keeper. Lots of
> great but simple recipes. The Red Curry Muscles are a favorite.
>
> And... it's one of the few places I've ever found a decent
> recipe for dutch crunch (bread) topping. If you're a bread
> head give it a try.

The bread chapter was the first I keyed in on. The recipes were more in
keeping with the way we cook than Under the Mushroom.

Cindy

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