Just more proof that Teriyaki Donuts are spreading. Found in Las Vegas.
Friday, December 07, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Teriyaki Donut from Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown"
This was sent to me from a reader of this blog. It's the Teriyaki Donut shop that Quentin Tarantion used in "Jackie Brown." Courtesy of Todd Mecklem.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Greek Nachos
I know, I know. This was the same booth I photographed last year. I just can't resist. I have a weakness for curly Greek nachos.
Cajun Sausage burgers
Another favorite at the Stanislaus County Fair in Turlock, California. These are such easy targets for this blog.
Fried Vegetable cajun corndog Polish sausage
An oldie but a goodie. Taken at this year's Stanislaus County Fair in Turlock, California.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Greek Pizza or Italian Gyros?
Found this just off of Fillmore in San Francisco, about a block down from the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. While it would make sense, in a way, to mix Greek and Italian food - after all the two countries are close to the same neighborhood on the globe - there is so much that could be said about this combination.
For example, is it a pizza with lamb meat or is it a Greek sandwich smothered in cheese and tomato sauce?
There's also the issue of the origin of the pizza. Some historians claim the pizza is firmly American. Others say that the pizza we normally buy in the states has a distinct flavor, but that there is in fact an Italian pizza, or "pissa" meaning flat bread (the derivative pita is believed to have come from pissa). I've heard arguments that Focaccia bread is actually the Italian version of pizza, as that bread also comes smothered in tomatoes and cheese in some varieties. Recently, the Italian legislature debated a law that would set limitations on what ingredients and style of pizza could actually be called "authentic Italian." So even they recognize a large variation in what is served elsewhere - especially in the United States.
Either way, I think this place firmly can take its place as a Teriyaki Donut.
For example, is it a pizza with lamb meat or is it a Greek sandwich smothered in cheese and tomato sauce?
There's also the issue of the origin of the pizza. Some historians claim the pizza is firmly American. Others say that the pizza we normally buy in the states has a distinct flavor, but that there is in fact an Italian pizza, or "pissa" meaning flat bread (the derivative pita is believed to have come from pissa). I've heard arguments that Focaccia bread is actually the Italian version of pizza, as that bread also comes smothered in tomatoes and cheese in some varieties. Recently, the Italian legislature debated a law that would set limitations on what ingredients and style of pizza could actually be called "authentic Italian." So even they recognize a large variation in what is served elsewhere - especially in the United States.
Either way, I think this place firmly can take its place as a Teriyaki Donut.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Oops ...
I have not forgotten about this site. I have just been really, really busy with the new job. But I have a few leads on some interesting "Teriyaki Donuts." So stay tuned as I get focused once again.
In the meantime, let me remind you that I am willing to take submissions. A few of you have said that you would submit photos and explanations to me of other culture clashes but none have transpired so far.
So I share the blame with you too. :P
In the meantime, let me remind you that I am willing to take submissions. A few of you have said that you would submit photos and explanations to me of other culture clashes but none have transpired so far.
So I share the blame with you too. :P
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Los Angeles 014
Mexican, German and Chinese food. Complete with overpriced American money-dispensing Machine. Or that's a Chinese ATM. Couldn't tell which.
Los Angeles 012
Took this in downtown Los Angeles over the weekend. It's a giant advertisement for German Beer, but it's using Mexican images. Huh?
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Calaveras Celtic Festival 2007 2
Went to the Calaveras County Celtic Festival, a mish-mash of everything Celtic, American and renaissance. Yet another example of how Americans adopt so much from other cultures and call it their own. Actually, this guy is more of a character from a Conan movie than from Celtic culture, but when you are drinking Guinness all day, who really cares? eh?
Calaveras Celtic Festival 2007 8
Went to the Calaveras County Celtic Festival, a mish-mash of everything Celtic, American and renaissance. Yet another example of how Americans adopt so much from other cultures and call it their own. Here, Jazz trumpeter Michael Mooney plays an American folk song with the Sonora group "The Black Irish Band." Wow, I'm confused just writing that.
Calaveras Celtic Festival 2007 19
Went to the Calaveras County Celtic Festival, a mish-mash of everything Celtic, American and renaissance. Yet another example of how Americans adopt so much from other cultures and call it their own. This is the band Culann's Hounds from San Francisco. They play a mix of punk, American folk, French Folks and some Celtic-type songs, yet everyone called everything they did "Irish." God Bless America.
Calaveras Celtic Festival 2007 24
Went to the Calaveras County Celtic Festival, a mish-mash of everything Celtic, American and renaissance. Yet another example of how Americans adopt so much from other cultures and call it their own.
Calaveras Celtic Festival 2007 26
Went to the Calaveras County Celtic Festival, a mish-mash of everything Celtic, American and renaissance. Yet another example of how Americans adopt so much from other cultures and call it their own.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Chen Yi
Nina Flyer and Chen Yi both crack up at a joke that Chen made just before students performed one of Chen's pieces at University of the Pacific on Friday.
Flyer is a grammy-nominated cellist. Chen is a world-famous composer who has written works for Yo Yo Ma, some of the greatest orchestras in the world and for many other world-famous starts. Chen wrote her latest piece for The New Pacific Trio, a group of faculty members at University of the Pacific. Flyer is a member of that group.
So why is this in Teriyaki Donuts? Well, Dr. Chen's music is a fascinating mix of European-style chamber music and Chinese folk music. Chen grew up in Communist China where, as a child, she was forced to work in aggrarian labor camps. But as she would later say in interviews, at night she would play her violin, learning Chinese folks tunes.
As a young adult, she was selected to study music in China shortly after the government reopened the universities there at the tail end of the cultural revolution. She ended up becoming the first female in China and one of the first Chinese citizens to earn a doctorates degree in China in classical composition.
She later moved to the United States where her career really took off. Here, her work started to get international recognition. Her work is now performed around the world by some of the biggest names in music.
I heard several of her pieces played at University of the Pacific Friday and I was blown away. It was really cool to hear the Chinese synchopation and the famed climbing and falling notes that many of us associate with Chinese music to be perfectly blended in such European-style compositions. It was a perfect collision of two different cultures, thus coming up with a totally new and independent sound.
Now, of course, I'm not saying she's the first to do this. She may be, I just don't know. But the combination of two different cultural art forms as done here by Chen Yi in America nominates her for Teriyaki Donuts, at least in my mind.
Flyer is a grammy-nominated cellist. Chen is a world-famous composer who has written works for Yo Yo Ma, some of the greatest orchestras in the world and for many other world-famous starts. Chen wrote her latest piece for The New Pacific Trio, a group of faculty members at University of the Pacific. Flyer is a member of that group.
So why is this in Teriyaki Donuts? Well, Dr. Chen's music is a fascinating mix of European-style chamber music and Chinese folk music. Chen grew up in Communist China where, as a child, she was forced to work in aggrarian labor camps. But as she would later say in interviews, at night she would play her violin, learning Chinese folks tunes.
As a young adult, she was selected to study music in China shortly after the government reopened the universities there at the tail end of the cultural revolution. She ended up becoming the first female in China and one of the first Chinese citizens to earn a doctorates degree in China in classical composition.
She later moved to the United States where her career really took off. Here, her work started to get international recognition. Her work is now performed around the world by some of the biggest names in music.
I heard several of her pieces played at University of the Pacific Friday and I was blown away. It was really cool to hear the Chinese synchopation and the famed climbing and falling notes that many of us associate with Chinese music to be perfectly blended in such European-style compositions. It was a perfect collision of two different cultures, thus coming up with a totally new and independent sound.
Now, of course, I'm not saying she's the first to do this. She may be, I just don't know. But the combination of two different cultural art forms as done here by Chen Yi in America nominates her for Teriyaki Donuts, at least in my mind.
Monday, January 01, 2007
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