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NY critic says Spain overtakes France for cuisine
One of my favorite cafe proprietors was only a generation or two from
the old country; he used to complain that when he went back to visit relatives in Spain the food was just like gringo food here, no fire at all. -- wf. Alan Pollock wrote: Many small restos and holes-in-the-wall all over the west are owned and run by folks from Mexico, were born there or are first generation. So you get a |
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NY critic says Spain overtakes France for cuisine
In rec.travel.europe randee wrote:
One of my favorite cafe proprietors was only a generation or two from the old country; he used to complain that when he went back to visit relatives in Spain the food was just like gringo food here, no fire at all. -- wf. Alan Pollock wrote: Many small restos and holes-in-the-wall all over the west are owned and run by folks from Mexico, were born there or are first generation. So you get a Well, that's one guy and I'm sure there are more. Doesn't mean there aren't many of the other. Just in California alone there are what, over a million illegal immigrants who most certainly try to eat as they did back home. Restos (often their own) cater to them as well as to anyone who cares to walk in. Then there are the legal Mexican immigrants who, for sake of argument have been here for what, a decade or less (as being here longer leaves them open to being accused of having lost their 'authentic tastes'). Add all that up, and coupled with demographic spread (they aren't all in Mexican-only burbs and even when they are, large fringe areas exist) you end-up with quite a number of authentic restos sprinkled all over the place (not only in California) and more openening-up every year. It's one of the culinary benefits of immigration, illegal or not. Nex |
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