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Laissez les bon temps rouler!—Elizabeth Pancamo
Although I've never been to New Orleans, there's no reason I can't pretend I'm there just once a year. It seems to be a place I would not only enjoy for the obvious reasons of food and frolic, but also appreciate for its architecture and rich history. While the city most certainly must have been changed by Katrina, and is still in the process of rebuilding, the spirit of New Orleans endures. From all accounts, they still know how to "let the good times roll."read more
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Happy Chinese New Year—Elizabeth Pancamo
It's time to ring out the Year of the Ox, and welcome the Year of the Tiger. Yes, it's getting close to the Chinese New Year. I adore good Chinese food. (The operative word being 'good.') So often, though, it's laden with over used oil, producing odors more reminiscent of the street carts camped outside office buildings during the lunch hours I spent in Center City Philadelphia. That's not a good thing to recall. Perhaps, it's just my own little hang up, but the thought of eating food from those carts skeeved me, and when I have had food from various Chinese eateries, there are times that the rancid or burned oil taste and smell has been enough to induce my gag reflex. I don't want heavy and greasy. I want fresh, bright, and, dare I say, authentic? (Although, I wouldn't know whether it's authentic, just that it tastes good.)read more
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