Forty Years Ago Today....
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Couldn't resist trolling through the January, 1977 issue of Gourmet, just to remind myself what a different world it was. I found many ads for long-gone restaurants....
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Along with a reminder that in those days travel was both safe and cheap.
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Recipes, however, were often time-consuming. This issue suggested pike quenelles with shrimp sauce (an all-day project), baked Alaska, puff pastry.... well you get the idea.
It also, however, featured this recipe for a banana cake that strikes me as both unusual and appealing.
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