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- Cauliflower And Bresaola “Carpaccio” With Parsley Oil
I’m sure I am opening myself up to many additional pieces of hatemail and accusations of “zenophobia” [sic], but I’m laying bare last weekend’s Iowa City food diaries anyway, with the ground-breaking observation that Midwesterners eat not-so-great food, and too much of it. (To be fair, I started eating trash on the morning of my […]
- Southern Crack, or Country Clafoutis
For me, the American South has always been the very height of exoticism. Europe? Old hat. Growing up in Hong Kong, I was the weird teenager who went to Tower Records only to buy copies of the Oxford American. I became obsessed with Carson McCullers, and started writing a short story set in Pine Bluff, […]
- Some Unusual Breakfast Foods
Yes, I like Spam. I like it, as Hong Kong people do, in soup, with macaroni and frozen mixed vegetables. For breakfast. Preferably with Horlicks (an unfortunately-named malted milk drink, originally from Britain, but now consumed only in former colonies), and puffy toast spread with salted butter and sweetened condensed milk. You can take your […]
- Fossilized Chicken Wing
I found this bag of Howard’s Crispy Fried Chicken Skins at my local bodega this afternoon. Who knew such a thing existed? I had to buy a packet; I had no real choice in the matter. I took it home, tore open the foil, deliberately averted my eyes from the nutritional information panel, stuck my […]
