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Land-Baby Dinner
Baby Red Potatoes
Toss one pound of baby red potatoes in olive oil, plenty of salt, 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary leaves, and 4 large minced cloves of garlic. Bake at 375 degrees for about 40 minutes, or till soft.
Serve with Grilled Marinated Lamb, Chickpea Mint Cilantro Salad, Patty-Pan Squash, and Air-Baby Dessert to create the complete Land-Baby dinner for 6.
Chapter Five
...Suddenly another plate appeared in front of Maxine, this one containing two grilled lamb chops, boiled new red potatoes, chickpea-mint salad, and steamed baby squash. The chickpeas looked like round infant heads with cowlicks. So whoever was masterminding this dinner was attempting nothing less than the recreation of the history of evolution of life on earth, from primordial soup to water babies to land babies. She supposed there would be meringue chicks in baklava nests for dessert. She could imagine the cook back there, his breast simultaneously puffed with pride and wracked with despair: no one would understand his brilliant work, no one would apprehend its true meaning, and then it would be gone...
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