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I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from.

THE BEST WAY TO EAT RADISHES

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Use small radishes or cut larger ones into bite-sized pieces. Place them in a bowl, drizzle them with melted butter and salt to taste. Eat with a strong red wine. This is the way the French do it, though sometimes they eat the radishes on pieces of buttered baguette.

Delicious, refreshing — almost a meal in itself.

WHAT I’M SPINNING NOW

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Cajun Swamp Music Live is one of the best of all albums of Cajun-Zydeco music, by the great Clifton Chenier, recorded at a jazz festival in Switzerland in 1975. As far as I know it has never been released in its entirety on CD — Arhoolie offers a slightly abridged version of the concert — but fortunately my vinyl copy is in excellent shape.

Over thirty years ago, when I was writing the screenplay that got me to Hollywood, a story set in Cajun country, Cajun music was still obscure regional stuff. I played this album over and over again, in sheer amazement, as I tapped out my tale on the keys of a small portable typewriter.

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