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...dream the other night that my thesis reader called to speak to me. I was sitting on a remote beach and was wearing sunglasses. I picked up a phone that looked very much like a coconut and heard his voice on the other end. He wanted to know why I had turned in 100 blank pages in lieu of a thesis. He then told me that my “stunt” would have been an acceptable, even admirable, postmodern stunt if I had turned in 40-60 blank pages. But words or no words, 100 pages was frightfully...
...once per week,” and normally it’s an older woman. Women also tend to opt for cigarillos, which are essentially cigarettes wrapped in cigar leaves. A popular brand is John T’s Flavored Cigars—sample flavors include chocolate, rum, cherry, coconut, vanilla and cappuccino...
...kuri squash and rice, bean ragout, Swiss chard custard, garlic-chanterelle emulsion, young greens and herb salad, heirloom tomatoes, dry aged cheese blossom and 25-year-old sherry dressing. Followed by mango and banner lotus, litchis and raspberry sauce, "a majestic tiger's delight," honey almond squares and chocolate coconut bars. It's not Indian takeout, but there are strong hints of the guest's own national cuisine...
...record, then, the Bush-Fox menu is a strongly crossover affair: Maryland crab and chorizo pozole served with summer vegetables, pumpkin seed-crusted bison with poblano whipped potato, fava bean and chanterelle ragout and apple chipotle sauce, salads of gold and red tomatoes and greens, followed by mango and coconut ice cream dome, peaches, raspberries, red chili pepper sauce and tequila sabayon. Hey, who needs Tex-Mex when you're eating chili pepper sauce with the ice cream...
...Thai cuisine is alive and well on the ground floor of the quaint (and air-conditioned) Old Siam shopping mall, bordered by Triphet, Burapa and Charoen Krung in west Chinatown. Women in traditional Thai dress use original recipes and equipment to create popular standards such as khanom krob (coconut milk batter poured into tiny cast-iron molds and steamed), khanom beung (taco-like shells with sweet and savory fillings) and khanom thuay (tapioca flour and coconut milk steamed in porcelain cups). Just about everything is $1 or less. The mall is also a good option for those shopping...