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• A Note from the Chef Food is good * 直到小学四年级以后，我才第一次发现原来食物绝不是在饥饿时让人们填饱肚子的东西--就像在加油站加油那样。 * 这碗汤是冷的。（Vichyssoise） * 即使到了今天，当这道菜已经成为菜单上最常见的名字，而且我自己也亲手做过几千遍之后，这个名字对我来说，还是那么有吸引力。我至今还记得那次经历的每一个细节：侍者怎样用长柄汤勺从银质的汤罐里把汤舀到我的碗里；他用勺子把切碎的细香葱倒在汤里作为装饰时发出的悦耳的声音；韭菜和西红柿的香浓的味道；以及当我发现这种汤竟然是冷得时候的那种喜悦。（附上原版，和中文完全不同的细腻味道） "Vichyssoise" came the reply, a word that to this day--even though it's now a tired old warhorse of a menu selection and one I've prepared thousands of times--still has magical ring to it. I remember everything about the experience: the way our waiter ladled it from a silver tureen into my bowl; the crunch of tiny chopped chives he spooned on as garnish; the rich, creamy taste of leek and potato; the pleasure shock, the surprise that is was cold. (查看原文)

  陆饱 1赞 2011-12-07 18:16:05

• And in that unforgettably sweet moment in my personal history, that one moment still more alive for me than so many of the other 'firsts' which followed - first pussy, first joint, first day in high school, first pubulished book, or any other thing - I attained glory. Monsieur Saint-Jour beckoned me over to the gunwale, where he leaned over, reahced down until his head nearly disappeared underwater, and emerged holding a single silt-encrusted oyster, huge and irregularly shaped, in his rough, clawlike fist. With a snubby, rustcoverd oyster knife, he popped the thing open and handed it to me, everyone watching now, my little brother shrinking away from this glistening, vaguely sexual-looking object, still dripping and nearly alive. I took it in my hand, tilted the shell back into my mouth ... (查看原文)

  盘尼西林 2013-04-22 14:12:22

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