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Edward Salcedo, the 16-year old Alex Mantlerodcabrera

March 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’d seen this briefly about a month ago and been a little wary, but there’s been a fair amount of chatter about Edward Salcedo, a 16-year-old from the Dominican Republic. He’s represented by none other than Scott Boras.
I mention Boras up top because as you’ll see, we should probably take everything said about this kid with […]

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Tags: Baseball

Hambagoo, Tonkatsu and Other Delights

March 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Terrific article by Norimitsu Onishi for the New York Times titled Spaghetti Stir-Fry and Hambagoo: Japan Looks West, about a number of the Western-influenced dishes that have become staples of Japanese cuisine (Yoshoku)
Yoshoku was born during Japan’s Meiji Restoration, the period that followed this isolationist country’s forced opening by America’s so-called Black Ships in 1854. […]

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Tags: Food