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- Back in the SAR
This is a picture of medicinal broth ingredients I took in Hong Kong on my last visit, maybe four years ago. The roots, cocoons, flowerbuds and balletically arranged frogs were displayed outside one of the many shops here that specialize in yucky things you add to chicken broth to give you a variety of […]
- My Kind of Comfort Food
Savoy cabbage–what’s not to love? It’s basically a giant Brussels sprout!
The influence of my culinary school indoctrination has been waning over the past few months, and I’m glad of it. All the important techniques I learned are intact–at least I like to think they are–but I am beginning to trust my own palate again. Right […]
- Dimsum Stories
Yesterday I went to Jade Asian in Flushing, Queens, and had some of the first Chinese-tasting Chinese food I have eaten in my three years in New York City. It unleashed a torrent of childhood memories: some of them I worked out after the meal by shopping for Stephen Chow DVDs in the Hong Kong […]
- Russian Nostalgia-Fest, Part II: Pork and Cilantro Dumplings, and “Korean” Carrot Salad
I wore three-inch gold stilettos to see Mumiy Troll at Webster Hall, and I was still underdressed. By a factor of three or four. It’s not that American girls don’t want to look hot for their favourite band, but their pre-show preening tends to aim for a sort of calculated dishevelment. Russian girls, on the […]
