What's fresh at Big Bowl? Everything, really. Should the dish be curry, it came together, spice by spice, toasted and ground here. A great curry can't be faked and it's the layer of flavors that make it pop; something a can can't do. Watch out if the dish is deemed spicy. Chiles are blackened for the depth of flavor and those fresh hot Thai chiles mean business.
Then we went over to the Carroll Albany Artist Building for their annual art open, and tour of open studios. Kahil Al ZaBar and his trio performed. This year he made two huge pots of homemade chili, with black beans, and ground turkey, with cornbread. Man! between all the beer and wine from each space, it was a wonderful Sunday afternoon.
Yes, we did "Wash Our Hands First."
