About that quote, circa 1990,
from the
New York Times? It’s worth
repeating. “Immigrants from Southeast Asia who have flocked to the United
States since the late 1970’s are providing once again the importance of food in
maintaining a sense of identity. Like the Italians, Poles, Germans and other
groups who preceded them, Southeast Asians are growing, selling, and serving
the foods that mean home to them. The rest of us are becoming familiar with these
dishes and learning how to prepare them.”
Look, neither will I temper my affection for the huddled masses yearning to breathe free and eat hearty, nor
begrudge immigrants their homesickness; however, this latest account of culinary
deprivation among immigrants, as reported in the 1/23/12
Newsweek, although akin to the report from the Times (above), is downright silly.
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| Russian home-cooking. Photo, Maxsol |
Newsweek reports that Russian billionaires have been buying up multi-million dollar
penthouses in New York. Guess what: not only are they homesick for home
cooking, they are shocked (right:
shocked) by the absence of really good
Russian restaurants in Manhattan. That being the case, according to Newsweek, “Ukrainian-born New York lawyer Edward Mermelstein [has] helped four popular
Moscow restaurants find locations in the city to accommodate the growing
community.” How about that?
Let the
unshocking begin.
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