“Raclette” means to rake or scrape in French. It is technically not a type of cheese.
A shorthand has developed, however, naming both a cheese and the dish itself after the process of serving it. Go figure.
“Raclette” means to rake or scrape in French. It is technically not a type of cheese.
A shorthand has developed, however, naming both a cheese and the dish itself after the process of serving it. Go figure.
Do you remember that scene from Get Shorty (1995) when Danny Devito (playing a mega-famous star) walks into a Spago-like restaurant in Hollywood (with a crowd in tow and without a reservation) immediately gets seated, refuses the menu, orders a bunch of stuff not on the menu (he actually instructs the waiter to tell the chef what he (and the whole table) wants: egg white omelette, fresh berries, no fat, etc.), then ignores the food and leaves soon thereafter?
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