Based on the three clippings below, do you think crab Rangoon originally did not contain cream cheese?
Helen Shaddock did this nice comic with a reference to last week’s episode with Elle Simone Scott!
Two of my food-world favorites, Maria Zizka and Max Falkowitz, have new projects that you should know about. Check them out (and their Smart Mouth episodes, for fun):
In the latest podcast episode my guest Kat Lieu and I talked about sesame balls, but also the beauty of shrimp toast. I think shrimp toast’s origin cannot be pinned down, as it’s influenced by British, North American, Cantonese and Southeast Asian cuisines.
You can make restaurant-quality pho at home. You just gotta believe in yourself, and also fuel up on dozens of sesame balls.
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