Archive for February, 2008
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Today’s NYT dining section has a little snippet about ox-tail soup at Momofuku Ssam. Apparently, wunderkind-chef David Chang refused to eat his mother’s oxtail soup as a child — now he loves it. This article (actually, it’s hardly an article, more like a paragraph) got me thinking about foods I used to hate but now enjoy.
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Five items: Broccoli pasta
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008Do you like broccoli? I do, but a lot of people loathe it (including one George H.W. Bush) –a pity for them, and their colons. According to The Penguin Companion to Food, the word “broccoli” is Italian, and means “little arms,” or “shoots.” It’s a member of the cabbage family, rich in vitamins, and grows […]
Dining out and about: Joe’s Noodle House
Monday, February 4th, 2008The search for good Chinese food in Washington, DC has been rocky. Hong Kong Palace in Falls Church, VA? Eh. Full Kee in Chinatown? Passable chow fun.
But now, thanks to our ayi, we here at Cooking the Books are relieved to finally discover real, live Sichuan food at Joe’s Noodle House in Rockville, MD.
Joe’s is […]