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Two Cookbooks for Christmas: A First Look

Because of varied and incompatible schedules the Elves of the Underground held an early gift exchange (by invitation only; sorry if yours got lost in the Christmas mail rush) for select portions of the Clan. I was the winner (of course), as I got a couple of very fine cookbooks from Deniz, Paula Jo’s [...]

The Great Pho Quest Continues: Pho Thaison in Allandale

This entry is part of a series, Austin Scene»

It’s not often anymore that my wife and I are both out-and-about at lunchtime. Not like in the olden days. (Cue nostalgic music. Okay, that’s enough.) It happened yesterday, though, and we took full advantage of it. Our mutual timing was off, so I got [...]

Pho Lee Vietnamese, It’s Total-Lee Pho (and Very Good)

This entry is part of a series, Austin Scene»

I always have my eyes open for new pho places. Recently, a pizza place went out of business in a shopping area I frequent, and right away I noticed a sign that promised an opportunity: Pho Lee Vietnamese Restaurant would be taking over the space. [...]

Fish 4 Friday: Lent's Here! Time to Get Serious...

This entry is part of a series, F4F 2011»

Yes, it’s Lent. Goodbye Fat Tuesday…

Wifey says that some of us, including some of y’all out there in Readerland, need to get serious about fish for Friday for the next six weeks. (She also says you know who you are.) Then she gave me The [...]

Fish 4 Friday: Thai Monkfish Soup

This entry is part of a series, F4F 2011»

Ugly. That’s all you can call it. Ugly, UGly, UGLY! (And no, I never dated somebody who looked like that; it’s a rude and vicious slander. She could take her dentures out to soak.)

It’s also called a monkfish. Or an angler fish. If you look [...]

First Day in DC: Asian Spice and Chemists

Sunday afternoon I traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet up with my summer research students. They are presenting a poster at the American Chemical Society’s Fall Meeting, covering their fifteen months of undergraduate research efforts at their school, Texas Lutheran University. I get to go along and snicker make snide comments assist in my [...]

Instant Noodles: Fashion Foods Beef Pho Bo

Fashion Foods Instant Noodle Varieties

Pho Bo is Vietnamese in origin. So when I saw the brightly colored bowl of noodles on the shop shelf and it said Beef (Pho) Flavour Instant Noodles on the side, I pretty much expected it had been manufactured in Vietnam.

Silly me. This stuff came from Thailand!

Fashion Food [...]

Friday Follies: A Tin Can That Cooks

The man, er, robot in the picture above has every reason to be afraid. You should be afraid too! Yes, the previously human-only realm of chef-prepared goodness is being taken over. By robots…

And not just any ol’ robots either. High-tech, modern robots. From (of course) Japan. They just couldn’t leave well enough alone, apparently.