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1. In May 1982 I went to Greenwich, Connecticut in the US to stay with friends from my University days. One evening they took me to a small bar by the harbour which was renowned for its seafood. I had delicious things called cherrystones, pissers and littlenecks - what type of animal were they?
2. In the early 1990's we went to Corfu, to a spot on the north-east of the island called Nisaki. Every morning we would walk through the olive groves to a nearby bay called Kaminaki, where there was a beach with a nice taverna just behind it. One lunchtime I asked the proprietor what fish was in, and he replied "σκουμπρί" (skoumprí). When I asked him to describe it he said "it's a whole fish, stripey and strong [tasting]". What type of fish was it?
3. This question is not really about food, it's more about a place to eat. I took my wife to London for a 70th birthday treat; we went for a champagne afternoon tea at a famous establishment in Mayfair whose name has become a byword for luxury and glamour, as noted by Irving Berlin - I had to wear a jacket and tie to be allowed in! Where did we go for this treat?
4. In 1998 we went to Formentera, one of the Balearic Islands. At the back of the beach we used to go to every day there was a nice taberna. The people working there liked us, to the extent that on our last night they cooked us a special paella. Surprisingly there was no chicken or seafood in it, just the meat from an animal with big ears and a little white tail that runs wild in great numbers on the island. What was this animal?
5. For years we spent our summer holiday in a little harbour village on a Greek island. One evening we were eating at a waterfront restaurant, and there were two boys wading in the harbour's shallow water catching small fishes. They then brought what they'd caught up to the restaurant, gave them to the chef - and ten minutes later we were eating them, deep fried with lemon. They were delicious! What are these little fishes normally called on menus?
6. My wife's birthday is in mid-January, so in 2003 we went to Amsterdam to celebrate this. One evening we had a wonderful meal at a restaurant situated in the old City Council plant nurseries. My wife mocked my choice for one of the courses - "it's just raw Bambi", she said. What was I eating?
7. In late 2005 we were house-hunting in Lancaster. Hungry and cold after a fruitless day looking at houses we went to the local pub for dinner, and there on the menu was a casserole made from a large fowl normally associated with Christmas (just one of them, not six). We had a plateful each and it was delicious - earthy, rich and full of meat. What did we have that cold, wet night?
8. We were in Paris for a weekend break, and on the Sunday we found ourselves in the Palais Royale. A restaurant was just putting up its table and chairs in the gardens, so we secured a table and had a lovely light lunch of salad nicoise. The desert was stunning - a sorbet made with my favourite wine, a white from Alsace. What's the name of this spicy, aromatic wine?
9. One summer's morning we were in Budapest and looking for breakfast, so we went to the best café in the town: Café Gerbeaud. Their pastries and viennoiserie are world class, so we had a plateful of croissants filled with a paste made from a nut that grows on trees throughout Europe. What is this nut?
10. The Greek island of Andros where we used to go for our summer holiday is renowned for its traditional food. The island's speciality is called fourtalia - it's a big eat and perhaps not really suitable for a summer meal but it's delicious. It's sometimes called the lazy man's meal because it can be made so quickly - but what type of dish is it?
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