I grew up in the multicultural paradise of New Jersey -- at least, if you compare it to some other places.
Nice acronym, Mom!
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Sep 24, 2013 1:16:54 pm PDT #6507 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Juliebird - Sep 24, 2013 1:22:47 pm PDT #6508 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Every trip to my relatives growing up involved a return trip with the car packed full of Italian bread, two dozen bagels, a cheese pie and these little sesame seed cookies. I used to love those little egg deserts from their cooler, can't remember the name. Lot's of Italian and Irish food growing up. Army days taught me to love Southern cooking (all but the hamhocks and the chitlins). In highschool we had an international potluck night, and I'd always make spanikopita (filo dough, marry me!).
I feel lucky that I had ties to Long Island/New York, or else I'd have been stuck in hum drum NH quisine. We would still have to go to Maine or Massachusetts for decent seafood.
Sheryl - Sep 24, 2013 1:23:21 pm PDT #6509 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm sorry, Cash. ~ma for the best possible outcome.
Hil R. - Sep 24, 2013 1:24:54 pm PDT #6510 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Back in the early 80s, my cousin was surprised to find that nobody she met in rural Florida had heard of bagels.
I saw a review of a bagel shop in New Orleans, from sometime in the nineties, where the reviewer explained to the readers what a bagel was. (No idea if it's still there. Bayou Bagelry, behind all the sports fields at Tulane. When I was there, it was the only place in New Orleans to get a decent bagel.)
Nora Deirdre - Sep 24, 2013 1:28:01 pm PDT #6511 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I don't think it's around anymore, but there is Artz Bagelz! [link]
meara - Sep 24, 2013 1:29:32 pm PDT #6512 of 30000
You guys, I just bought a plane ticket to Paris. I have decided fuckit, maybe I AM made of money.
Damn girl! When are you going to Paris? For how long? For just fun or an event? I wanna go!
Hil R. - Sep 24, 2013 1:31:25 pm PDT #6513 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, it looks like Bayou Bagelry never reopened after Katrina.
Jesse - Sep 24, 2013 1:37:15 pm PDT #6514 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Damn girl! When are you going to Paris? For how long? For just fun or an event? I wanna go!
February, for a week. A friend of mine is living there for the academic year, so what better time?? I never went when she lived there before, and this is a sabbatical, so the next chance isn't for another however many years.
Connie Neil - Sep 24, 2013 1:58:41 pm PDT #6515 of 30000
brillig
Until I left Southwestern Pennsylvania, Chinese food was La Choy chow mein. Polish and German food were common, due to our proximity to Pittsburgh, but beyond that, the Betty Crocker Cookbook was our menu.
Juliebird - Sep 24, 2013 2:01:42 pm PDT #6516 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Not Betty Crocker, but Fanny Farmer cookbooks.