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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.
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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.
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Chowhound throws in the towel; final day for the site will be March 21, 2022.
https://www.chowhound.com/post/final-goodbye-chowhound-1098935-
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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/-
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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.
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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-
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Who among us is the Kenji of DC?
https://washpostpr.tumblr.com/post/186166679987/job-posting-recipes-editor
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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-
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On 2/17/2019 at 11:44 PM, DonRocks said:
"Why Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' Is Still a Mystery" by Fisun Güner on bbc.com
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.
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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.
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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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On 11/4/2018 at 11:53 PM, DonRocks said:
Cava is fair game for culinary criticism, as it's hardly a "mom-n-pop" at this point, any more than Five Guys is.
In case anyone missed it:
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On 10/29/2018 at 7:55 PM, JPW said:
PS - I'm not exactly unibiased, as I calculate that my house consumes .5% of GM's entire annual production, but the 2017 SavBlanc is the best he has ever done and the 2016 PetitManseng is gangster right now.
Hear, hear. Those two were the core of our most recent case buy a few months back.
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I am loath to quote in its entirety Jeff's Seasonal Update, mailed last week to Glen Manor's case club list, but these two excerpts about the 2018 growing season stand out:
QuoteAs I think you know, 2017 was the best vintage that I have ever experienced. And you may also know that 2018 was the worst that I have ever experienced.
QuoteEarly on I thought, okay no Hodder Hill or St. Ruth for 2018. I can still find a Vin Rouge out there. But no, after Hurricane Florence hit, it was over. We did not harvest any red grapes in 2018 for red wine.
Of the non-red wines, Jeff writes that they did manage to harvest the SB, PM, and enough red blocks for the Morales Rosé. For the moment, GM is preparing the 2017 reds for release.
If you've seen the very steep HH parcel and followed Jeff's efforts to make wine "in the vineyard" (2014 Virginia Grower of the Year), you'll understand that it wasn't merely fruit that was lost to Florence, but also a tremendous amount of labor. I don't know what the loss of the 2018 red crop will mean for their bottom line in one to two years' time, but I'm sure that the continuing support of their fans will be appreciated in the coming year. -
I would think that the first problem would be finding a ginger beer anything like Rachel’s to begin with. Her varieties are flavorful, but also very atypically dry.
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Firefly Hill growers were set to harvest Tuesday morning; arrived to find vines picked.
"Winery Reports Overnight Theft of Grape Harvest" by Mike Gangloff on roanoke.com
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Regrettably, I’m not going to be able to attend after all. I was very much looking forward to this revival of a wonderful community tradition, and to meeting the people behind the avatars, but since Sunday a flurry of surprise problems with three different vehicles has set me back by days and demolished my picnic plans. I hope to see you all at the next one.
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I find this description surprising, because G&M’s crabcakes (and I had one just last week) are (1) not blue crab, and (2) use considerably more filler than a truly minimalist crabcake, despite an abundance of jumbo lump meat. One notices the cracker meal binding the relatively bland meat, unlike say Faidley’s lump crabcakes, or River Falls’. Enjoyable, reliable, full of charm, a favorite of the people around Linthicum, but not really striving for crabcake excellence IMHO.
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Helpful tip: when it comes to "prep", having a bidet or washlet toilet seat is pretty much the best thing ever.
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13 minutes ago, DonRocks said:
This is *exactly* why ongoing conversations about products are important <he says, while drinking a Bell'sTwo Hearted Ale, which is drinkable, but by no means "great" or even "pleasant">.
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12 minutes ago, DonRocks said:
Wow, just to offer up another perspective: My Tumi suitcase was awful - lightweight, impossibly flimsy, and the darned thing broke within two years in a couple of places. I'm willing to accept that it was an anomaly, but consistency is critical here (which is why I'm struggling with my Eagle Creek having snapped on one side of the handle after, perhaps, twenty trips).
What era/line was it from? Pre-2000, their bags were tough. Nowadays, I wouldn't spend the money on anything but their Alpha line, and IMHO the Briggs features are now better. ETA: I should clarify that I'm talking about B&R's "Baseline" line; their "Transcend" offerings seem to use similar fabrics, but lighter-duty frame construction.
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There's an old joke ("Questionable Answers for Job-Jocks") in which the interviewer asks "where do you want to be in 5 years?" and "what do you feel is most important to success in our firm?", and the newly-minted Booz Allen tyro's answer is, respectively, "in an airplane" and "a large suitcase".
Among soft-sides, the classic heavy hitters are: Tumi and Hartmann, in part for their once-formidable worldwide customer service. I would add B&R. You won't necessarily find larger diameter wheels in this group, but they've always used better bearings, harder wearing fabrics, and provided better seam protection and scuff protection along the roller handle and lower rear frame.
In the next tier, I'd say Travelpro, Eagle Creek, Victorinox, and many others. Then the better generics. Then the rest. YMMV.
RIP Bruce "Kibbee Nayee" Brody (1954-2024)
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On these boards he shared his love and knowledge of the food of the Levant and of Pennsylvania Amish country; please raise a glass and remember @Kibbee Nayee.
https://www.fairfaxmemorialfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Bruce-Alan-Brody?obId=31120788