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What Happens When Second Graders Are Treated to a Seven-Course, $220 Tasting Meal?
NYT mag ^ | 10/10/14 | JEFFREY BLITZ

Posted on 10/13/2014 9:28:08 AM PDT by Baynative

One Saturday afternoon last month, six second graders from P.S. 295 in Brooklyn got a head start on the fine-dining life when they visited the acclaimed French restaurant Daniel. There, five waiters presented them with a seven-course tasting menu (after the trio of canapés and an amuse-bouche, naturellement). The meal was overseen by the star chef and eponym himself, Daniel Boulud, whose goal was, he says, “for the children to really discover a lot of flavor, a lot of layers, a lot of texture.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 7course; kids; meals
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To: Baynative

Did it meet the standards set by Michelle O?


21 posted on 10/13/2014 9:46:04 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Baynative

I bet the kids wanted pépites de poulet most.


22 posted on 10/13/2014 9:49:42 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

The Asians were probably back in school studying.


23 posted on 10/13/2014 9:53:03 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

We started our youngsters on all sorts of foods when they were little. They still love variety. Our daughter, whom we adopted at 4 is the only picky eater. We fed her daughter lots of fun stuff like fish chowder and shrimp and especially Indian food which we love and she still loves. So probably not too early but maybe too late for these kids to develop a wide ranging palate.


24 posted on 10/13/2014 9:58:25 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: SoothingDave

Daniel Boulud ... it doesn’t get any better than that.


25 posted on 10/13/2014 9:58:43 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

“snipes and snarks” at FR... good point. I get tired of reading the majority of comments these days as it’s turned into a who has the best one liner / witty comment competition with little substance and insight like it was in the past.


26 posted on 10/13/2014 10:03:45 AM PDT by jq2
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To: Baynative
Seven courses:

1. Chicken nuggets
2. Macaroni & cheese
3. French fries
4. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
5. Microwaved pizza
6. Grilled cheese sandwiches
7. Candy bars (desert)

27 posted on 10/13/2014 10:04:50 AM PDT by Bettyprob
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To: Mercat

If you think that it was your wonderful parenting skills that influenced your kids eating habits, think again.

My oldest ate anything and everything. She would eat raw peas as she helped me she’ll them, or raw green beans and carrots. She loved broccoli and cauliflower. She ate seafood and meat of any kind. She literally ate anything that was put before her.

My second child was/is just the opposite. When my oldest was small we thought that we were the best parents, we really had this parenting thing down. When my second was born, we found out that it was the child, not our parenting skills.


28 posted on 10/13/2014 10:06:00 AM PDT by Eva
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To: TurboZamboni

Now they know what it’s like to be Moochelle and Obola!...................GOLF LESSONS NEXT!..................


29 posted on 10/13/2014 10:06:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: surrey

$220!..I can’t even afford a sniff!.....................


30 posted on 10/13/2014 10:07:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Good points.

I totally agree about the taxpayer money. I tend to agree that it’s wasted on kids that young, but I think it’s less a waste of money than a ticket to Disney World. I’m betting that part of the reason was for publicity. I’m guessing the chef got his money’s worth in publicity. Looks like everyone had a good time, so in that regard, money well spent.

We should all be entitled to spend our money as we see fit whether others think it’s wasted or not. That’s the point of having our own money! And the government especially should stay out of how we spend it. (Bring back my 3-way light bulbs.)


31 posted on 10/13/2014 10:08:36 AM PDT by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: BunnySlippers
I can't knock your choice of Daniel Boulard. I'd give Thomas Keller the slight edge. I'm comparing Daniel in NYC to Per Se in NYC.

However, if Ferran Adrià were to re-open elBulli, Boulard and Keller would both try to get reservations for opening night.

32 posted on 10/13/2014 10:08:49 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
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To: Wisconsinlady
hmmm let me guess...


33 posted on 10/13/2014 10:09:36 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
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To: BunnySlippers; goldstategop

I went to my cookbooks and cooking magazines and pulled a copy of the Chef’s Tasting Menu from Per Se for the day of August 8, 2010, the last time I ate at Per Se (and on Somebody Else’s Money). The menu at Per Se changes daily and is yours to keep. It will take a moment, but I’ll post it below.


34 posted on 10/13/2014 10:13:37 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
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To: Baynative

What a charming video.

Not on that level, but my parents exposed me to fine dining from an early age, along with great soul food and bbq and seafood restaurants in the south and along the Gulf Coast.

Played a big part in my decision to start working in restaurants at age 15 as a busser. I ended up as Executive Chef around age 30 before leaving the industry to start a family.


35 posted on 10/13/2014 10:14:33 AM PDT by arbitrary.squid
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To: BunnySlippers

I was correcting grammar, not asking a question.


36 posted on 10/13/2014 10:22:18 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: BunnySlippers; goldstategop
Top of menu page

Bottom of menu page

Sorry, I copped out of trying to type all of those descriptions.

37 posted on 10/13/2014 10:28:14 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.)
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To: generally

Btw, I’m not suggesting that kids eating a variety of foods is pointless. I think that is a good idea. What I think is a waste is a second grader going to a seven course $220 per plate tasting meal. But, as you say, that is a parent’s choice and is probably a more beneficial experience than yet another amusement park or sitting in front of the TV or video games.


38 posted on 10/13/2014 10:31:55 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: TurboZamboni

Snicker!


39 posted on 10/13/2014 10:32:27 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Red Badger
$220!..I can’t even afford a sniff!.....................

If fat geese were selling for ten cents apiece, I couldn't afford to kiss a humming bird's a$$.

40 posted on 10/13/2014 10:32:58 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Liberalism empties treasuries, blackens souls, and decimates everything it touches)
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