tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post8342520305902761574..comments2024-03-28T02:36:30.029-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Fusion Food and DialogJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-85748704769682320072012-04-22T22:43:05.539-04:002012-04-22T22:43:05.539-04:00Oh,Linda, what you said reminded me that the food ...Oh,Linda, what you said reminded me that the food court at our mall has a Texas barbecue place run by a Chinese family, and they feature many Chinese offerings in addition to all the barbecue stuff. Because of the appearance and aroma of much of the food,I was somewhat surprised when I realized it was a barbcue place!<br /><br />Keeping you in my thoughts for Tuesday,and I can't wait to receive my copy of your book!Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20464176772701142372012-04-22T21:39:02.077-04:002012-04-22T21:39:02.077-04:00Rhys, in Kansas City, we have a restaurant the off...Rhys, in Kansas City, we have a restaurant the offers Spanish (not Mexican) food--paella, tapas--and Italian food--eggplant parmigiana, chicken spidini. The food of both kinds is absolutely top-notch. i never would have believed it if i hadn't tasted it.<br /><br />Then there's a Chinese buffet that's owned and operated by a Mexican family. Good Chinese food, too. Recently, they've started offering Mexican food next to the Chinese. Who'da thunk?Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-44027435634949304482012-04-22T17:56:13.721-04:002012-04-22T17:56:13.721-04:00Deb, I'm sure your comments were delicious.Deb, I'm sure your comments were delicious.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48589926702711609702012-04-22T17:18:28.155-04:002012-04-22T17:18:28.155-04:00The conversation here the last two days has been a...The conversation here the last two days has been about food. It looks like the conversation stirred up cyberspace's hunger, and so cyberspace "ate" the reply I posted at 2:45 or thereabouts! And I had such easy captcha words!<br /><br />To repeat (sort of):in the late 80s and early 90s I worked in one of the larger cities in CT. There was a small space a few blocks away from my office that was occupied by one takeout restaurant after another. I don't think any business lasted there more than a few months. There had been a donut shop,a pizza place,a Chinese restaurant,etc. The business that was my favorite - I think that particular owner tried really hard to come up with a concept that would appeal to as many people as possible - was Uncle Abdul's Middle Eastern Pizza and Italian Deli.Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51145773416815426152012-04-22T16:24:06.211-04:002012-04-22T16:24:06.211-04:00When we lived in NY we ate all the time at Cuban/C...When we lived in NY we ate all the time at Cuban/Chinese restaurants. The owners were typically Cubans who'd escaped by way of China before coming to the US. We always ate Cuban, and fortunately they didn't try to mix the cuisines.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61109246353036400602012-04-22T15:52:53.969-04:002012-04-22T15:52:53.969-04:00Thanks, Rhys. And thank you to all my aunts and un...Thanks, Rhys. And thank you to all my aunts and uncles for reading books and valuing words.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50064845728066699142012-04-22T15:50:32.507-04:002012-04-22T15:50:32.507-04:00People had time, Reine. They had whole evenings wi...People had time, Reine. They had whole evenings with no TV to discuss things, to write letters describing scenery, to read poetry or Dickens to each other. Words were important to them.Rhys Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663634889908752121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66637871058090056852012-04-22T15:35:01.135-04:002012-04-22T15:35:01.135-04:00Rhys, yes... where have all the big words gone? I ...Rhys, yes... where have all the big words gone? I remember my Uncle Happy talking about trout procrypticism while fishing. Then one of my aunts would tell him to shush and stop being so pedantic. What happened?Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-26317704088560718342012-04-22T14:46:48.973-04:002012-04-22T14:46:48.973-04:00Give just a hint of the way people spoke Jan? Abso...Give just a hint of the way people spoke Jan? Absolutely. When I started Murphy's Law I knew I couldn't write Irish dialect without annoying people. No begorrahs but I tried to bring in Irish cadence. Readers want the story to flow without being conscious of the words.<br /><br />And one of my captcha words is "departi" is that the dialog of a witty dead person?Rhys Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663634889908752121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-21366219343611052632012-04-22T13:39:34.629-04:002012-04-22T13:39:34.629-04:00Rhys, I didn't know what fusion food was until...Rhys, I didn't know what fusion food was until I read this blog. This explains a lot! I thought it had something to do with dinner music. Like, in our local chain doughnut shop in California that played Chinese-language rock music while you ate your maple walnut cruller. We went back for a visit over the holidays last year, and they were selling Chinese takeout along with the doughnuts.<br /><br />Thank you for clearing up the mystery. Here is an article I found in the Atlantic, complete with slideshow of Chinese takeout and doughnut shop mystery in SoCal: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/03/chinese-and-doughnuts-a-california-mystery/37319/Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27470379334101465082012-04-22T13:12:27.142-04:002012-04-22T13:12:27.142-04:00Oh, Hank. Taco Haus. ¡Ein Bayern fiesta! ¿No?Oh, Hank. Taco Haus. ¡Ein Bayern fiesta! <i>¿No?</i>Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-544182628046633872012-04-22T12:30:31.749-04:002012-04-22T12:30:31.749-04:00True story--I covered a hot-air balloon race in th...True story--I covered a hot-air balloon race in the hills of north Georgia--and one end of the race wa in Helen, Georgia.<br /><br /> Helen had been transformed into a sort of Bavarian Alp-ish kind of place, with all kinds of German-sounding attractions and restaurants.<br /><br />There was one restaurant where you could get Mexican food--it looked like a chalet, but it was called: TACO HAUS.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6104825066415445062012-04-22T12:29:11.960-04:002012-04-22T12:29:11.960-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78314450120554977332012-04-22T11:37:28.989-04:002012-04-22T11:37:28.989-04:00No Rhys, But I've was stunned by the excellenc...No Rhys, But I've was stunned by the excellence of a fusion restaurant that mixed - now get ready -- Down Home southern Barbeque with Asian. <br /><br />Fatty Que - I went to the one in Brooklyn but I know they have a few throughout the NYC. <br /><br />Question: Do you find that in dialogue that you have to give "just a hint" of the way they spoke, and not the whole rendition? I'm looking at the way women spoke in the 1850s - and feel if I gave a complete rendering, it would turn people off.Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.com