No-- this is not desending into a food thread-- it is one of thos eerie coincidences-- today's NY Times has an ariticle on Blane mange!-- and recipe too.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/30/living/30BLAN.html

words from our threads suddenly appear in the NYtimes crosswords, and, now timely recipes-- who's the NY times spy?

N.B. the NY Times site does require you to register (its free, but they want to know who you are)-- and you must accept cookies.. but there privacy policy is a pretty good one-- and registering does not end up with your name on spam lists.