It is a winning sentiment, but in Abu Ghosh there has been a danger of the local dish becoming soured by a bitter local rivalry.
Long lines of people waited by stalls selling Namie yakisoba, the popular local dish of fried noodles that has become a symbol of the town's battle to survive.
Here, in the town of New Braunfels, German immigrant William Gebhardt marketed the first commercial chilli powder, thereby propelling a homespun local dish on the road to world domination.
Among the 25 or so items that go into Ruq's dish are local chillies, garlic, mustard greens, bean sprouts and limes.
That's why he appreciates the growing number of eateries offering local fare, from Dish D'Lish in Seattle's Sea-Tac airport to Salt Lick BBQ in Austin-Bergstrom International airport.
Local councils in Britain complain that clinics and schools are overloaded and central government is slow to dish out help, and local police in areas with many immigrants blame foreigners for a rise in crime.
Here, a local woman (after whom the stall was named) invented the dish during WWII, when the government was encouraging people to cook with local ingredients.
Lifting the cover of a lacquer bowl might reveal a clear broth with a tiny cube of silken tofu and shreds of chive and citron, followed by a charcoal brazier bearing a small grilled fish, after which an arrangement of candy-coloured dumplings and local wild vegetables might appear on a dish of rustic stoneware.
CHEF'S NOTE: This is an excellent dish to make when cod from local fishermen is available (day-boat cod).
The second course, labeled "Le Voyage, " was Cod, Clams and Chorizo Basquaise, a dish said Boulud, inspired by the local ingredients of another country, and in this case, the Basque tradition of pairing spicy meat with seafood.
Near Christmas, volunteers put on a dazzling display of lights and, on the day before Christmas Eve, The Ship Inn cooks up a traditional dish of stargazy pie in honour of local lad Tom Bawcock, who supposedly ended a village famine by braving storms to land a bounty of fish.
If it is a local issue and only effecting the channel the game is on, don't waste your time calling DirecTV, Dish or even your cable company, your best bet is to call your local affiliate and report your issue -- just look up their number on their website and ask for engineering.
In the end, as high bandwidth Internet extends its reach, one must ask how sustainable are the business models of DirecTV, Dish, Comcast, as well as the local broadcasters.
It is difficult to pigeonhole his approach, as while he praises seasonality and local produce, the peas he uses in that first dish sometimes come from Britain and sometimes from the Rungis market near Paris, depending on which are better on the day.
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Also in the Broad Ripple neighbourhood, chef Greg Hardesty presents plates of edible art at his acclaimed Recess, illustrating just how refined the Indianapolis food scene has become, with a rotating menu of fresh fish like sable served with a sweetcorn-scallion blini, and an international drinks list of perfect dish pairings, from a French 2009 Domaines Schlumberger pinot gris to a local Sun King Brewery Wee Mac Scottish-style ale.
Dish includes a special version of the Discovery Channel and, in cities where CBS owns its local affiliate, the CBS high-def feed.
For one, Dish Network or DirecTV might do a deal with Apple to offer consumers who normally default to their local cable company another reason to give them a try.
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