After much experimentation, I have perfected Wylie Dufresne's, allegedly patented yoghurt noodles. You can make them too if you purchase some transglutaminase online. And then you can have the fun of squeezing noodles into hot broth and watching them form. This would be like the best birthday party dinner for a bunch of kids, wouldn't it? You know, assuming they enjoy eating "a ginger and spring onion broth, with a tian of spring greens, crab, and a chorizo foam." In Manhattan they very well might! [thanks Jason.]

Posted on May 18, 2007

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