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A little of over a year ago, I tried to see if I could get a sense of what you the readers were enjoying and thanks to modern day technology I was able to gleam a little of what you enjoyed. The link to the results of that highly scientific poll are found at the bottom of the page.
This year things are different, much different. Voted by you, the readers worldwide, who willingly subjected your stomachs to my recipes then were forced to wash it down with a great Cotes-du-Rhone or perhaps a crisp white Burgundy; or tried their best to stay awake past the first few sentences of one my short stories, some of which naturally included food to keep you reading. I should tell you there was no stuffing of ballot boxes or otherwise illegal tampering, nor any questionable shads; everything was really quite up and up. But just to make sure, I called in a special team of UN advisers, who are old pros at this sort of stuff, to be on hand to monitor my activities (I made sure they ate and drank very well) and they also monitored my dog just to make he didn’t eat a ballot as I was told that ballots and socks apparently look remarkably similar to certain four legged creatures. I thought about calling in the accounting firm of Do Figures Lie and How to certify the ballot results but decided my UN guests, full of food and wine would be sharp-eyed enough when they woke up not to let any fraudulent activities occur. It was a rather quiet and uneventful process and perhaps maybe next time I will scream ballot fraud and corruption – like the good ‘ol days when money would buy you just about anything, maybe even a vote or two. Come to think of it, that wasn’t that long ago…
I can’t tell you if I agree with the Stomach’s Choice Awards but there you have it. Interestingly enough only two dishes from last year made it to this year’s challenging tournament. Also, for the first time we have five food related stories. Maybe reading makes you hungry? A scientific query I must look into further.
Top 5 in Food and Wine
1. Poulet Marengo – Chicken Marengo: A Dish With a Sense of History
2. Poulet Sauté Grand Mère – Grandmother’s Sauteed Chicken
3. Pork Tenderloin with Merlot, Shallots and Blackberry Sauce
4. Côtelettes de Porc Sauce Moutarde with Gratin Jurassien
5. Wine Pairing – Steak au Poivre
Top 5 in Stories and Food (mostly)
1. Le Grand Vefour -Lunch with French History
2. Petit Déjeuner – Les Deux Magots
3. The American Cathedral on Avenue George V
4. Le Dossier de Marriage -The Marriage File
5. Like Mon Dieux, Les French Chocolates Redux
***The results of the first highly unscientific outreach effort of eating habits ever to be conducted are found at: Global Tastes: It’s All Good