Photo: SpecialKRB, Flickr
Why is it that a shrimp cocktail can instantly transport us to 1965, hostess pajamas, a martini shaker and Frank Sinatra's "In the Wee Small Hours" pouring from a Hi-Fi?
The classic appetizer still works today, but cocktail sauces have evolved from the ketchup-heavy to lighter ones using fresh tomatoes and herbs, such as the dill sprigs Special KRB captures here. If you feel like a Mexican version, try a recipe using green chiles, lime juice, cilantro and avocado. Or go Cajun with a creamy, horseradish-spiked remoulade (which also works beautifully with salmon croquettes).
Sinatra, however, is still the perfect soundtrack for shrimp cocktail and icy gin.
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Frank Sinatra's classic My Kind of Town, makes several references to famous Chicago landmarks as in the line "Chicago is the Wrigley Building," I'd like to think that if Old Blue Eyes were a fan of that city's food, the tune's first line would be: "Now heartburn like this could only happen to a guy like me/And only happen in a town like this."
I've been working on this story for months, because I wasn't sure which songs I should include and which songs I should leave off the list. And then I finally decided what the rules would be: only songs that are about food or drink or have them in the title. In other words, just because a song mentions food or drink doesn't mean it's about food or drink, so I'm leaving those off the list. Here we go:
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