[Sca-cooks] Trendy

[Susan Fox-Davis]

>
> I hate cilantro. But, I guess you are correct in that it
> is the amount. A little bit can add depth but too often
> a little bit isn't added. 


Me too.  I think that there is a gene which makes some people like 
cilantro, and others to think it tastes like soap.  Bleah.

> But speaking of people acting on trends, there was an
> interesting little bit on Iron Chef, America last night.
> Mario Battali had made a dish with seared scallops. One
> of the judges, the cantankerous one to replace Kishi,
> questioned Mario on whether he felt seared scallops
> were over as a trend. Mario replied that he isn't
> dictated by trends, just what is right for the food.
>
> Brava.

BravO.  Mario's got the cojones to stand up to Jeffrey Rosengarten's 
judgmentalism.  Yah, JR does fill the "Kishi" role, doesn't he?

Selene