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Last night we celebrated Jack's 32nd birthday with an Asian dinner. (Asia Mart on the north side of Indy had an excellent selection of international groceries. Asia Mart, Trader Joe's, Cookie Cutters, and Chickfila are all on the same street within just a few miles of each other. It's awesome.)

We had Thai Whole Fish with Coriander. Whole fish was one of Jack's favorite dishes to order in Vietnam and Thailand, and he gutted and fried the fish for me. Now that should be in the Art of Manliness!

Vietnamese Fried Spring Rolls - this recipe from epicurious really is very similar to the way my Vietnamese students taught me, but we used the traditional rice paper wrappers instead of wheat wrappers. And Spicy-Sweet Green Beans. And rice, of course.
For dessert a simple and completely un-asian peanut butter pie.
The ever=photogenic Kinsley joined us, and entertained our babies while we were frying things.


It all turned out well, and Jack was sincerely excited about his kindle and his vinyl.