(mailing, James Berry)
[[invoke. page:newsletter1 # These are some of the fields that may be used # ============================= # leadimageid: # leadtext: # story1id: # story1text: # story2id: # story2text: # recipe1id: # recipe1text: # recipe2id: # recipe2text: # vad: (html for vertical ad) # hitBucket: (name used to track delivery) # ============================= leadimageid: 337325 leadtext: !fmt/block | h1. Dear readers, A video about one of Portland's more popular food carts, Nong's Khao Man Gai, is available over on Vimeo. Nong, the purveyor of the cart, specializes in one dish: Thai chicken with rice, which perhaps doesn't sound so special, but it is. First there's the moist chicken atop sweet-scented rice, then there's the crave-worthy sauce, which I always double up on. Finally, the whole thing comes neatly wrapped in butcher paper, and you open it like a gift, which in almost every sense it is. My mouth is watering as I type. In the new movie, Nong mentions that cooks in Thailand have one dish that they do really well, their "family secret." It got me thinking about the specialties of cooks I know — a chile sauce from one, the ravioli of another, the chicken soup of a third. When someone does one dish really well, and they've served it to you more than once, there's a sweet and acute sense of anticipation that builds when you know you'll soon be eating it again. Talk about craving! It must be lunch time. Kim Carlson Editorial Director # The lead text story1id: 479549 story1text: "Sharon Hunt's father learned his way around the kitchen as a boy in Newfoundland. Then he discovered French food." story2id: 420659 story2text: "White bread and peanut butter are each explored in depth in two books. Christina Eng takes a look." recipe1id: 28402 recipe1text: "Nutty whole wheat flour, and, if you've got them, fresh corn and freshly roasted chiles, lift these into the realm of truly delicious." recipe2id: 486405 recipe2text: "The Canal House cooks take our favorite grilled fish up a notch with a simple, savory sauce." # The ad vad: | <a target='blank' href="http://howtocookapp.com/"> <img src="http://ads.culinate.com/htce/HTCE-iPad-Skyscraper.png" " width="120" height="600" alt="" border="0"/></a> ]]