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  1. Word has arrived via @crackers that our own @Joe H passed away in early September after a brief illness. No further details are available. On this Board, Joe’s appetites and resultant opinions were legendary, particularly regarding Michelin-starred restaurants (often facilitated by his highly unusual vocation), strict adherence to risotto recipes as written, and for big, chewy, mouth-coating bottles of Amarone. Those threads are worth revisiting in his memory.
  2. CAVA shares briefly topped 117% on their market debut, valuing the business at 4.88 billion USD. Quite an epic journey from one kitchen in Traville Gateway not so very long ago. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/money-report/mediterranean-restaurant-chain-cava-opens-at-42-per-share-in-market-debut-after-pricing-ipo-at-22/3367871/
  3. Cava Group files with SEC for a public offering. https://mocoshow.com/blog/cava-which-opened-its-first-fast-casual-restaurant-in-moco-in-2011-files-to-go-public/
  4. Chowhound throws in the towel; final day for the site will be March 21, 2022. https://www.chowhound.com/post/final-goodbye-chowhound-1098935
  5. The fireworks are already spectacular. https://nypost.com/2019/10/29/peter-luger-given-zero-stars-in-brutal-new-york-times-review/
  6. TSC management accused of improperly soliciting millions of dollars in investments, and disbursing $1.3 million to four executives while insolvent. https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/09/27/trickling-springs-creamery-abruptly-closes-following-pennsylvania-financial-investigations/
  7. I second the recc for Family Meal. When I started cooking for myself, I would pick a thing or two out of Claiborne or Beard, and would promptly lose *hours* to shopping, preparing, and cooking one dinner. No college student should have time for that. Family Meal has a very limited number of recipes, but it’s at the top of the heap for flavor vs prep time and number of ingredients. Between that, a knife skills class, and cultivating regular housekeeping skills, he would be miles ahead of most students (and no-longer-students) IMHO. Since he has the benefits of YouTube, lately I’ve been digging the recipes on Pailin’s Kitchen. Her presentation is clear and the dishes come together quickly, if you like mainly Thai food. It does require access to an Asian grocery, though.
  8. Author and Chinese cooking expert Fuchsia Dunlop tours her latest title “The Food of Sichuan” this October, with a DC stop planned for Politics and Prose Union Market on the 26th. https://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/fuchsia-dunlop-food-of-sichuan-politics-and-prose-union-market
  9. Who among us is the Kenji of DC? https://washpostpr.tumblr.com/post/186166679987/job-posting-recipes-editor
  10. Brazil already is a classic, just not a masterpiece1. Jack Mathews 1987 making-of book The Battle of Brazil provides more than enough background and venom for Universal's then-chief Sidney Sheinberg over what happened to the film. 1 this reasonably describes most of Gilliam's oeuvre - even the much-loved Time Bandits - IMHO save for his film adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which to begin with is rich in the currency of his tribe, but also enjoys two phenomenal performances from its leads
  11. The bottom of the article includes a passing reference to its impetus. In case you missed the recent news, from February until June (2019), the Rijksmueum is holding an unprecedented exhibition All The Rembrandts, in which all 22 paintings and 60 drawings in their collection will be on display. Somewhat belying the name, only the best 300 of their 1300-odd prints will be included, but that could hardly be considered a disappointment.
  12. FWIW, the version at Masterpiece in Duluth, GA (“eggplant with chili powder and pepper ash powder”) is superb. Then again, chef LIU Rui (two-time JBF semifinalist for Best Chef Southeast) was a master chef in his own right, before immigrating to the US and working for Chang at Tasty China.
  13. Evidently we didn’t walk far enough to find the Jonathan Gold-approved Mariscos Jalisco truck, settling instead for the Mariscos 4 Vientos truck. But dang, that shrimp taco (“taco dorado de camaron”) is addictive. Would go out of way to eat again.
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