Cooking with class: Plain, spicy or sweet
Submitted by Mark Wolinski, Made Popular: November 24, 2009 at 04:22 AM • miamiherald.com
Is it possible to get a D in spring rolls? I also flunked tomato rose-making. ``No, no,'' said an exasperated Nguyen Thai Binh, executive chef, showing how the knife tip should slide under the outer peel as delicately as a heart surgeon's scalpel. Luckily, my Nuoc mam cham dipping fish sauce and Canh ca chua trung tomato soup turned out brilliantly, if I do say so myself.
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