Enter the Dragon

No, wait…that’s the Bruce Lee movie. OK, how about “Chasing the Dragon?” Huh-uh. That won’t do either, as the phrase turns out to be old-style slang for smoking opium: In fact, the author’s mother bought the book when she left for college, in the hopes it would inspire her and her roommates to be innovative…

Yes, but Not Flapjacks

Going to do up some pancakes. Interested? Good. Do you remember where the skillet is? No, not those kind of pancakes, though, but scallion pancakes. You know, the ones featured on the menu at that neighborhood Cantonese place several blocks over. Light and crispy and just loaded with those beautifully fresh spring onions that announce…