“. . . the desire her whole person expressed was that of communicating to me what she was tasting: communicating with me through flavors, or communicating with flavors through a double set of taste buds, hers and mine. . . .”
Italo Calvino, "Under the Jaguar Sun."

Nepali

My Favorite Momo at Nepali Bhanchha Ghar

Momos are practically a way of life in Jackson Heights. There is a huge Himalayan community there—Tibetans, Nepalis, and Bhutanese—and, naturally, a similarly huge number of restaurants and food trucks selling momos, the ubiquitous Himalayan dumpling. Nepali Bhanchha Ghar, naturally, makes momos in the Nepali style, which for me usually means jhol, the yellow curry […]

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