Month: April 2024
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The Cook’s Apron
I wanted to design an apron for home cooks like me, those with penchants for random experiments in the kitchen. Which is to say that though I do not work in a restaurant, I spend lots of time cooking, from baking croissants, coagulating tofu out of soybeans, to fermenting ciders. Consequently, spending lots of time…
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Good Tastes
“What does finesse translate to? It translates into giving a shit.” – Anthony Bourdain To say that folks are interested in fine food and fine dining feels like an understatement. Given the contemporary circulation of books and magazines, television series, and movies about food, it would be more accurate to describe it as an obsession,…
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Bún Bò Huế
The city of Huế seated the last dynasty of Vietnam, the Nguyễn dynasty, until the country became a French colony. Feeding kings and lords, nobilities, commoners, and monks, Huế cuisine has become a class of its own, boasting around 1700 dishes, many being served in little plates and bowls, reminiscent of Hong Kong dim sum…
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Phở
Phở is considered the hallmark of Vietnamese cuisine. Yet it may surprise that it was only created about a century ago in the city of Nam Định, 50 miles south of Hà Nội, the capital city. In the 1950’s, phở migrated south of the country along with its people. Since then, it has traveled a…
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