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Monday, August 30, 2010

The Most Exotic Thing I've Ever Eaten

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Far-away cultures and folkways intrigue me. But there is one culture in particular that captured my imagination and filled me with fascinati...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Relishing Bad Peaches, or Memories I Wish I Didn't Have

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They say eating peaches straight from the tree is a magical experience. They lied. The peach trees in my life have been filled with peaches ...
Monday, August 16, 2010

My Worst Job (and Best Pork Chops) Ever

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I once had the worst job ever, and all I got from it was a secret for great pork chops. I was just out of college, and working as an au pai...
Monday, August 2, 2010

East Meets West: A Pan-Asian Take on “Coffee Cake”

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My gateway booze in college wasn’t Bud, but Kahlua. By sophomore year, coffee was running through my veins and needed to be replenished at a...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Fire and Ice: Shape-Shifting Soup for Sultry Days

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Summer has always been my favorite season. As a child, I loved my mornings by the pool, my lazy popsicle-filled afternoons playing with my B...
Saturday, June 26, 2010

The Dogs of War

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The last Friday of the month meant two things to me back in grade school: air-raid sirens and hot dogs. Both of these things disturbed me. I...
Monday, June 21, 2010

Koeksisters: The South African Sweet That Sucks

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I was born in Pittsburgh and raised on a steady diet of Brady Bunch reruns, Barbies, and TV dinners, with the occasional ten-course Chinese ...