Your questions answered. Part trois.
Category: Kitchen Sink...
Posted Saturday, August 06, 2005 at 04:22 PM [GMT-6]

My Louisiana blogging pal Dan over at From Behind the Wall of Sleep won't be able to, you know, sleep, until I answer this question: "What's the best food you ever ate that wasn't, strickly speaking, Texan?"

Dan, that's actually a pretty hard question to answer, since, as you well know, the category of "native Texas cuisine" is pretty broad. One could easily argue that because the flags of six nations have flown over Texas, any and all of those nations' delicacies could also accrue to our fair state.

But, sticking to a more reasonable definition, let me just give this simple answer: cheese.

Hah. Bet you didn't see that one coming.

OK, let's get serious. Food is serious business; just ask Jen (no, not that Jen; this Jen!). If forced to name a specific dish, I'd point to the grilled tuna steak with pineapple salsa served at the Pink Adobe in Santa Fe, or the catch of the day at that little seaside café on the westward end of Kralendijk, Bonaire (the name of which restaurant escapes me at the moment, but I can still picture the huge fish from which they carved the delectable offering). In a more generic sense, I'm a big fan of Thai cuisine.

To be honest, I've probably never met a category of food I didn't like!