Word: pots
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...Tongba is made in a cylindrical wooden pot with polished brass banding (the tongba, from which the drink gets its name). This is filled with fermented millet seeds. Your host then adds hot water in a ritual reminiscent of a Japanese tea ceremony. Drinkers suck the alcoholic mixture through a bamboo straw with tiny filters to keep the seeds out, and it's a never-ending affair. You sit around the fire with a thermos flask topping up the pot for hours, and snack on spiced cucumber and mutton pieces known as sekura or sukuli. The locals will assure...
...secret is out, thanks to the growing popularity of restaurants where the customer is the chef. Long a staple of immigrant communities in big cities, restaurants where diners chop, grill, boil or dip their food are hot in the heartland. St. Paul, Minn., has Thai hot-pot cooking. Indianapolis, Ind., has Japanese shabu-shabu (another type of hot pot). A pizzeria in Las Vegas lets customers roll the dough. Do-it-yourself s'mores are big in Houston. A national fondue chain is booming...
...mess was partly what caused the at-home fondue trend to flame out in the late 1970s. But at the Melting Pot, all the prep work is done for you--which is one reason this chain, based in Tampa, Fla., has doubled in size to 70 locations in the past three years. Not every diner embraces the experience. Dragged in by enthusiastic wives, "men often sit with their arms crossed ... that is, until we fill them up with good wine," says Will Layfield, owner of the Melting Pot in Westwood, N.J. At the Vinoklet, diner Greg Schafer grouses...
...they are big business, which means big money, which too often means bad behavior. In 2002 the University of Alabama was barred from postseason play for two years for violations that included providing strippers for the enjoyment of recruits. Top running back Lynell Hamilton claims he was offered alcohol, pot and sex at a party while visiting the University of Oregon in 2002. Disgusted, he went to San Diego State instead...
...concoction of bacon, onions, green peppers, mushrooms and cheddar cheese was moist without being soggy. Though the menu definitely favors the breakfast side of brunch, there is still a selection for the lunch-inclined, ranging from a build-your-own-burger to a tempting starter of spinach and artichoke pot stickers...