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Posted By Ron Bechtol on Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 9:00 AM click to enlarge Ron Bechtol The next time you slurp a noodle, pause to ponder this: its history stretches back at least 4,000 years which makes the association of noodles with long life in the celebration of Chinese New Year doubly meaningful. According to archaeologists who uncovered evidence of prehistoric pasta at a site in northwest China, noodles made of millet had improbably been preserved in an upturned bowl in the debris of a giant earthquake. “Thin, delicate and yellow, they resembled the traditional La-Mian noodle that is made by repeatedly pulling and stretching the dough by hand,” a scientist involved in the excavation told The Guardian. ....
Posted By Ron Bechtol on Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 10:00 AM click to enlarge Ron Bechtol The Classic Parisian brasserie, at least in my recollection, is a bustling, brassy kind of place. It’s full of brusque and busy black-jacketed waiters, alive with the clank of dishware on marble-topped tables, possessed of menus touting modestly priced specialties such as choucroute garni or gigot d’agneau with haricots blancs. Mirrors abound, often reflecting the mounds of oysters on ice that may dominate the dining space. Beer on tap since the name means brewery in French flows freely, as does cheap wine. That Brasserie Mon Chou Chou is very little like this should in no way diminish your appreciation of its take on tradition. ....
Posted By Ron Bechtol on Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 1:00 PM click to enlarge Ron Bechtol As the Dry January phenomenon picks up steam, we’ve thankfully moved well beyond the virtuous Virgin Mary and the simpering Shirley Temple neither of which most of us want to be overheard ordering during any month of the year. To be sure, whether driven by folks swearing off alcohol for a month or embracing sobriety as a lifestyle, booze-free “spirits” are proliferating in the marketplace, and alcohol-absent cocktails are cropping up on the fanciest of bar menus. But with the pandemic having driven a lot of drinking underground by which I mean to your home bar some of us feel a need for self-imposed abstinence to seem more like an exploration, not a punishment. As ....
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Posted By Ron Bechtol on Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 11:01 AM click to enlarge Ron Bechtol Southerleigh at the Pearl offers outdoor seating and a chance to pair oysters with beer. There are many versions of the following quote, which is attributed to Jonathan Swift: “He was a bold man who first ate an oyster.” None, as far as I know, suggest that that first shucker and slurper could have been a woman, so let’s add that to the stew for the record. Whoever the oyster-eating OG might have been, their progeny have grown up to be diehard connoisseurs, a phenomenon that can be witnessed even in inland outposts such as San Antonio where we’re experiencing a veritable tidal surge in oyster bars. The newest, helmed by a woman ....