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>> Grocery Trekker: >poblano and guajillo
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By Sharon Hahn Darlin. For haiku, please visit. Moved from Oct 24, 2007). I came across a. Most remarkable dish at Topolobampo in Chicago. As my sister put it, my face lit up like the "Ratatouille. Mouse". I suppose the "mouse" had a moment, too, but it was the critic's Proustian moment I recall more vividly. Yes, it was that good. It was great to see my sister chatting with the Portuguese waiter in her limited Portu. well, Spanish.). 1) Carnitas Dos Estilos. 3) Langosta en Calabaza al Ancho. Pan-roasted...
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>> Grocery Trekker: October 2007
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By Sharon Hahn Darlin. For haiku, please visit. Black mole hot fudge. Topolobampo restaurant's Mole Menu. El Nido (The nest). Golden donut holes filled with Three Sister's Garden pumpkin crema in cotton candy nest; black mole hot fudge. Paired with 2003 Capcanes Pansal Del Calas, Montsant, Spain. Couldn't have asked for a better bittersweet treat. Posted by Sharon Hahn Darlin. Topolobampo restaurant's Mole Menu tasting. Puerco en Clemole Castellano. Paired with 2003 Reserva Marques De Vargas, Rioja, Spain.
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Idioms Gallery: 密雲不雨 massive portent, unrealized
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Blog archive at the bottom of the page. By Sharon Hahn Darlin. Jul 6, 2010. 密雲不雨 massive portent, unrealized. 密 (dense) 雲 (cloud) 不 (not) 雨 (rain). Dark clouds before rain usually sound ominous, foreboding. Why has rain ever become such a ne. Praying for it. He would be overjoyed at the sight of gathering rain clouds. Just when will it pour? It hasn't. yet. The clouds are getting fully saturated. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). By Sharon Hahn Darlin. Go to Sharon Hahn Darlin's profile.
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Idioms Gallery: 針小棒大 make a mountain out of a molehill
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Blog archive at the bottom of the page. By Sharon Hahn Darlin. Jul 5, 2010. 針小棒大 make a mountain out of a molehill. 針 (pin) 小 (small) 棒 (pole). Have you ever had a scary experience and wanted to show off? You wouldn't believe what happened to me last night. I was walking down this dark alley. ". For entertainment's sake, no one should blame you for turning a toothpick-sized pin into a large baseball bat. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). By Sharon Hahn Darlin. Go to Sharon Hahn Darlin's profile.
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Idioms Gallery: 06/2009 - 07/2009
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Blog archive at the bottom of the page. By Sharon Hahn Darlin. Jun 20, 2009. 人口膾炙 on everyone's lips. 人 (people) 口 (mouth) 膾 (raw meat/fish) 炙 (roast). 人口 (population) 膾炙 (talked about). Do you like being roasted? Knowing that celebrity can become a prison, you may still think it is a cool idea. The best kind of fame must be one where. You can be anonymous when you want to be, yet. You are openly admired when you choose to be. Option 1: Fame, money, power vs. Happiness option 2: Privacy, freedom, hope.
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Idioms Gallery: 07/2009 - 08/2009
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Blog archive at the bottom of the page. By Sharon Hahn Darlin. Jul 29, 2009. 武陵桃源 Never Never Land of Peaches. 武 (force) 陵 (knoll) 桃 (peach) 源 (sou. Being entertained by fantasy girls is a grand Eastern tradition. People have sought out this form of Utopia in the form of 요정. Old Photos of Japan. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). By Sharon Hahn Darlin. Go to Sharon Hahn Darlin's profile. 武陵桃源 Never Never Land of Peaches.
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>> Grocery Trekker: >twice cooked pork
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By Sharon Hahn Darlin. For haiku, please visit. Moved from December 11, 2006). Some cooks really knew what they were doing. They long ago figured out the best scientific method possible for cooking a chunk of meat. The reasons Chinese (Sichuan) twice cooked pork, hui guo rou, makes so much sense;. 1) The most tender meat results from being cooked (see Hainanese chicken. 2) What's missing here is the flavor we like so much when we normally grill or sear the meat - the surface browning (" Maillard reaction.
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>> Grocery Trekker: >chatty bistro menu at Chez Papa Resto
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By Sharon Hahn Darlin. For haiku, please visit. Chatty bistro menu at Chez Papa Resto. Moved from April 4, 2008). A beautiful San Francisco night at the newly happening downtown Chez Papa Resto. A bereted chubster holding a red wine glass winks at you. A cartoon drawing at the top of Chez Papa's sensible dinner menu, that is. It comes with a ratatouille side, too, of course. Cute. F Scott Fitzgerald,. The Dadaists, even the 5th street zombies make cocktail contributions. For example, Sauternes, hearty re...
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>> Grocery Trekker: >(Tamil Nadu) idli vs. (Czech) knedlík
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By Sharon Hahn Darlin. For haiku, please visit. Tamil Nadu) idli vs. (Czech) knedlík. Moved from Feb 24, 2009). On their buffet table were too-pretty-to-eat little jewels of Indian snacks, samosas. The hosts later brought out something somewhat unexpected at a Hindi-speaking home. Idlis. Oooh. I had forgotten about idlis. My first experience of Indian food was Tamil, since Singaporean Indians are mostly from Tamil Nadu. Ellapugazhum Iraivanukee (as the Oscar winner Allah Rakha Rahman exclaimed. 春子鯛 kasug...
