Gen. Lucian K. Truscott and tonight's supper

In The Guns at Last Light, author Rick Atkinson wrote about Lucian Truscott, commander of the 3d Infantry Division, VII Corps and 15th Army in World War II. I was interested that Truscott was born in Texas, raised there and in Oklahoma, enlisted in the Army in 1917 and was commissioned a lieutenant of cavalry.

I Goodsearched the general, read the Wikipedia article, and then found a reference to his grandson, Lucian V. I went to V’s blog and read of a French dish – pork chops piquant -- cooked by V and a friend when both shared a place in New York City. It sounded good. I already planned on cooking pork steak tonight, and searched “pork chops piquant” for a recipe that maybe I could use pork steak instead.

The first reference returned by Goodsearch was

http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Pork-Chops-Piquant-

and the lead said this: “Novelist and screenwriter Lucian K. Truscott, who gave us this recipe, didn't remember the title of the French cookbook where he first found it. However, he did remember finding it ‘so extraordinary’ that he had it at least twice a week for almost a year.”

I printed the recipe after reading, and, yes, pork steak will substitute.

Amazing what you can find after reading about World War II.