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Originally posted by cobblehill:
Yep, NYC is indeed bigger than Rome and Milan. That's why I compared NYC restaurant variety to ALL of Italy. The whole place, Torino to Taormina.

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Uhm... I don't agree (I seem to like this phrase a lot today) with the method. For two reasons:
1. NY is bigger than either Milan or Rome, but way smaller than the whole of Italy;
2. as big as it is, people who live in NY can still take the subway and geto to any restaurant they want, while people cannot take an airplane from Messina just to try that new Ceylon resturant in Milano. It is true that Milano has less variety than NY, but the whole urban area of Milano (some 3.5 million people) can feed only that many restaurants (or, "can be fed only at that many restaurants"), and the total number of restaurants affects the variety. One Chinese restaurant must close down so that the next USA style steak-house can open.

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The coolest trend in NYC is the cross-fertilization of different cuisines.

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I am a purist. I don't like much this crossover cooking: smoked fish cuscus and steamed wan ton filled with Swiss fonduta. I like the true stuff. I may not like it, but it is true.

Alice Twain
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I don’t want to take what you can’t give / I would rather starve than eat your bread
I would rather run but I can’t walk / Guess I’ll lie alone just like before
                Pearl Jam, Corduroy

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