On a recent afternoon at the State Fair of Texas, in Dallas, Tori Valdez and Jordan Johnson moved through the crowd to join nearly two dozen customers lined up at the Eat Crispies concession booth. Nearby, gleeful screams emanated from a ride shaped like a double helix, and a child reached into a shoulder holster […]
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The Hunt for the Ideal Bánh Mì
While canonically Vietnamese, the dish’s origins are global: bánh mì were referenced in Vietnam as early as the early 1800s, but it wasn’t until baguettes were introduced to the country — by French colonists in the 19th century — that the sandwich came into its own. The disruption of wheat imports during World War I […]
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