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Article: Corn crops up in elegant sauces
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 8, 1991
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Suzy Crofton's fondest childhood food memories center around
corn.
"I'm from a family of 10, and during the summer we spent most of
the day in our backyard pool. My mom filled a milk jug with melted
butter and served us huge platters of corn-on-the-cob. We just
dipped the corn into the jug and that was lunch. We kids would eat
three or four ears of corn for lunch," said Crofton, who is chef of
Montparnasse restaurant, 200 E. Fifth, in Naperville.
Naturally, since she's cooking for a fine French restaurant,
albeit one with Asian and new American touches, Crofton isn't about
to put buckets of corn and melted butter on the table. However, the
influence of her childhood is apparent in some ...