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Saturday, August 26, 2006

Fried Green Tomatoes: A Taste of Old New Orleans (NPR)

By Gail Naron Chalew

NPR.org, August 23, 2006 - "After returning to New Orleans from nine months of post-Katrina exile in Baltimore, I bit into some fried green tomatoes, and life in this post-apocalyptic city seemed a bit sweeter, a bit less topsy-turvy, and a bit more carefree".

"Proust sure had it right: Tasting a familiar food can trigger instant memories of simpler, happier times...."

For more on green tomatoes (recipes too), go to:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5692200

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