March 4, 2009



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Mom, Dad. Arles, Provence. Lobster Risotto.

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A special vacation in France with my parents in April, 2000. The rest of the group went to a huge open-air market. We split off when we saw lobster risotto on a restaurant menu, and the rest was culinary history.

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