Comments on: Fish Wednesday: Sharing the Garden Edition http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/08/14/fish-wednesday-sharing-the-garden-edition/ a camera, a passport, a ukulele Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pam http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/08/14/fish-wednesday-sharing-the-garden-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-76463 pam Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:51:24 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=961#comment-76463 @lara - I guess I consider myself more of an observer than a critic but yes, food is a critical part of travel writing. I used to feel like I shouldn't write food here, but then I realized how important it is to defining a place. Even if it's only my backyard. @Eileen - a nice tomato based fish chowder goes great with red wind. Just sayin. @lara – I guess I consider myself more of an observer than a critic but yes, food is a critical part of travel writing. I used to feel like I shouldn’t write food here, but then I realized how important it is to defining a place.

Even if it’s only my backyard.

@Eileen – a nice tomato based fish chowder goes great with red wind. Just sayin.

]]> By: lara dunston http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/08/14/fish-wednesday-sharing-the-garden-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-76460 lara dunston Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:50:11 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=961#comment-76460 But as a travel writer, don't you also consider yourself a food critic? I guess finding and assessing restaurants - whether it's for the books I'm writing or the stories I'm doing - is about 1/4 of my work I guess. It's impossible to eat everything, especially if you're eating out twice a day (and then there are snacks to try street food). If I do eat everything on my plate then that's a sign the restaurant is truly great. I'll have to check out that blog! I love grilled fish and seafood too - the simpler the better - but unless it's an Asian recipe, it's olive oil all the way for me! Nice post! But as a travel writer, don’t you also consider yourself a food critic? I guess finding and assessing restaurants – whether it’s for the books I’m writing or the stories I’m doing – is about 1/4 of my work I guess.

It’s impossible to eat everything, especially if you’re eating out twice a day (and then there are snacks to try street food). If I do eat everything on my plate then that’s a sign the restaurant is truly great. I’ll have to check out that blog!

I love grilled fish and seafood too – the simpler the better – but unless it’s an Asian recipe, it’s olive oil all the way for me!

Nice post!

]]> By: eileen http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/08/14/fish-wednesday-sharing-the-garden-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-76459 eileen Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:15:23 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=961#comment-76459 wheee! it's just as well that I not bring wine to fish Wednesday, as I am a philistine and prefer red wine always, regardless of the dish. Will have to take you up on your Seattle dinner offer sometime, and David Sedaris comparisons notwithstanding, I'll bring something. wheee! it’s just as well that I not bring wine to fish Wednesday, as I am a philistine and prefer red wine always, regardless of the dish. Will have to take you up on your Seattle dinner offer sometime, and David Sedaris comparisons notwithstanding, I’ll bring something.

]]> By: pam http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/08/14/fish-wednesday-sharing-the-garden-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-76458 pam Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:24:39 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=961#comment-76458 @E: If you've been reading for any length of time, you know that pretty much the only thing you need to do to get dinner at my house is be in Seattle at dinner time. And the mere mention that my writing might evoke David Sedaris, well, you don't even have to bring a bottle of wine. @E: If you’ve been reading for any length of time, you know that pretty much the only thing you need to do to get dinner at my house is be in Seattle at dinner time. And the mere mention that my writing might evoke David Sedaris, well, you don’t even have to bring a bottle of wine.

]]> By: eileen http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/2008/08/14/fish-wednesday-sharing-the-garden-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-76457 eileen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:43:57 +0000 http://www.nerdseyeview.com/blog/?p=961#comment-76457 you may officially invite me for dinner anytime you like. And also, your discussion of the birds not minding you talking about them reminds me of a snippet in David Sedaris' Dress Your Family in Courdoroy and Denim (his mother is helping him change apartments, don't have the book handy) where he talks about the birds are oblivious to descriptions of plumage and imitations of calls made my their human observers. And it made me laugh, both times. you may officially invite me for dinner anytime you like.

And also, your discussion of the birds not minding you talking about them reminds me of a snippet in David Sedaris’ Dress Your Family in Courdoroy and Denim (his mother is helping him change apartments, don’t have the book handy) where he talks about the birds are oblivious to descriptions of plumage and imitations of calls made my their human observers. And it made me laugh, both times.

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