Word: avocados
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Chef Douglas Rodriguez, at Yuca in Coral Gables, harks back to his Cuban- American roots in adding to the new vocabulary. One recent dinner featured teeny tamales stuffed with foie gras and duck confit; yellowtail snapper encrusted with a mix of avocado, stone-crab meat and crushed peanuts; and loin of pork filled with chorizo and smoked over guava bark. "Guava bark!" he says. "Who else is doing that?" More and more talented Floridians, happily, every...
...altered his oddball life. A scientific cross pollinator, Mullis, 46, may be the last of the great tinkerers. His passions include cosmology, mathematics, artificial intelligence, virology, chemistry, hallucinogenics, photography and women who are 10,000 days old. At that age, about 28, "they're like a ripe avocado," says the thrice-married inventor...
...waited for the bugs to buzz forth last week, the insects became the talk of the town. As if the prospect of stepping on them were not revolting enough, University of Chicago ecology professor Monte Lloyd is urging people to eat them. Says he: "They are quite good, like avocado and new potato mixed." A sample recipe: dip cicadas in batter and fry until golden brown. Serve with cocktail sauce or sour cream, or use as a pizza topping...
...best women chefs have stayed away from traditional mamma fare. Newcomer Caprial Pence combines Oriental condiments with European dishes and local products at Fullers in the Seattle Sheraton Hotel; Hong Kong-born Jackie Shen, chef-owner of Jackie's in Chicago, decks out fillet of fish sauteed with papaya, avocado and orchids...