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Published 1986
The event that prompted the creation of this dish was a day in September when Craig Claiborne simultaneously celebrated his sixty-second birthday, his twenty-fifth year at the Times, and the publication of his autobiography. Thirty-five of Craig’s friends from around the country and across the ocean came to East Hampton to cook for him and his guests. More than six hundred of the latter turned up. Under a vast tent, each cook had a table from which the dishes were served, except for