[Sca-cooks] Whoopie whatever

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Mar 19, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Johnna Holloway wrote:

> I think they do vary across the country, and certainly they are  
> trendy.
> Of course if they weren't trendy, why else would they be in the New  
> York Times or on the counter at the local food market in my downtown?

Ten years ago I'd have said that The Evil Molly O'Neill, one-time NYT  
food editor, engaged in foodie insider trading by reporting on a  
nonexistent trend in order to establish it. After all, she is the  
sister of The Evil Paul O'Neill, former New York Yankee, so obviously  
there's nothing to which she would not stoop ;-).

[Here we go, let me try it Lyndon Larouche style: "The demented she- 
devil Molly O'Neill... in collusion with the monstrous Rachel Ray and  
the rapacious succubus... Martha Stewart... <pause while drinking  
water, eyes bugging out> as de facto members of the Trilateral Kitchen  
Brigade, ceaselessly vigilant in their attempts to systematically  
undermine the culinary values and traditions of the Western World...  
under the tutelage of that most black-hearted fiend of the 21st- 
century culinary landscape... Robert... Flay!"]

Actually, I think we're going to see a resurgence of All Things Maine  
this summer, and lobster rolls and Whoopie Pies (if only by adoption,  
it's become sort of the Maine State Dessert) are going to be  
considered chic.

Adamantius






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