'World Foods'




I love the intracies of good Chinese food — the amazing sauces that plateau my tastebuds to another level, the rich spices that define Mandarin, Szchewuan, Cantonese, and Hunan.

Tucson is one big vapid hole when it comes to Chinese food. Eat it elsewhere…

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On a recent trip to Los Angeles, I ate at Kotosh, a marvelously little hole-in-the-wall serving memorable Japanese-Peruvian fare in Lomita. 

My friend Annette knew one of the owners and off we went (with Linzi along). I guess Peruvian Japanese fare…

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Tucson–Tonight I went out to dinner to Yoshimatsu which is one of my favorite restaurants. Yoshimatsu serves a different kind of Japanese food in a fast casual setting but somehow it works and is consistently wonderful.

Since the University of Arizona session…

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What do “a tea cup” and a “dessert spoon” have in common?  Quaintly enough, they are both British measurements.

If you should happen to run across a British recipe, which is not uncommon these days with the Internet, you might think…

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July was national ice cream month but if you ask me ice cream never goes out of style especially in these long hot summer months.

While the 15 most popular flavors list vanilla, chocolate, and butter pecan as the top 3 —…

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