I get all sorts of people visiting my food blog, but recently I had a very special visitor and this led me to wonder how many of my fellow bloggers have similar experiences to relate.
A month ago I posted an article about eel pie and mash, a classic London dish from the 19th century until the 1960s, now undergoing something of a renaissance. A few days ago I received the following (absolutely genuine, I've checked) comment:
"My name is Frederick George Cooke.....I am the great-grandson of Fred Cooke who created/invented pie and mash in the late 19th century. I worked in the family business until 1994 when the original shop in Dalston closed down. It is now a Chinese restaurant."
So has anyone else received a comment from someone who can claim origination of a dish that they've written about?
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I did a post on the Time Life Good Cook cookbook series from the 1970s, including an illustration of hanging fowl. The illustrator of that fowl illustration as well as of several others in the book left a comment on the site. I thought that was pretty darn cool.
I've mentioned David Bowie - I even posted a picture of a birthday cake with his face on top and HE NEVER LEFT A COMMENT!
[thinking]oh... who's blog was it?
I saw a cute post about someone thinking that Michael Chiarello had commented on a post about one of his recipes not working.
Sam- how about researching DB's favorite foods and then creating the ultimate recipe for them- so that if he ever googles a recipe for his favorite food, you're likely to be one of the top returns ;)
Mmmm recipe stalking!
McAuliflower, than was Tea (of ...and Cookies)
Sam, take a look here for his concert rider (which doesn't say much for his food choices)... hmmm... where's the demands for all green M&Ms?
LOL...I don't think Bowie ever had a problem that required solving with green M&Ms!!!
OK, so I suppose I asked for that response.
Anyone want to report Kate Moss having visited their site to extol the virtues of a peeled grape, half a stick of celery and a glass of spring water as a three-course dinner?
cute post about someone thinking that Michael Chiarello had commented on a post about one of his recipes not working.
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