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Chow-chow. Chow-chow (also spelled chowchow or chow chow) is a pickled dish popular in North America whose origins are unclear. Some suggest an origin from the American South, [1] other sources suggest it originated in Canada and was brought south by the Acadians who migrated to the American South after being expelled from from the Maritimes in the mid 1700s, [2] another theory is that it ...
The Chow Chow is a spitz-type of dog breed originally from Northern China. [2] The Chow Chow is a sturdily built dog, square in profile, with a broad skull and small, triangular, erect ears with rounded tips. The breed is known for a very dense double coat that is either smooth or rough.
The Sound of My Own Voice and Other Noises: Severn Darden at The Second City (Mercury, 1961) The Second City Writhes Again! (Mercury, 1969) The Cosa Nostra Story (Mercury/Smash) The Second City Survival Kit (Spirit, 1982) Archival audio was released as part of Sheldon Patinkin's book, The Second City: Backstage at the World's Greatest Comedy ...
1. You brought Mr Chow to America at a time when Chinese cuisine wasn't highly regarded here. Did you encounter resistance? There are three kinds of Chinese food: One is the great, great Chinese ...
Zhouzhuang (pronounced as "Tseu-Zoan" in the Wu dialect) is a water-town in Jiangsu under the administration of Suzhou city and is known for its canals and its role in heritage tourism. The town is 900 years old, with 60 original brick archways and 100 original courtyards preserved from that time.
Colonial records refer to small, nearly hairless dogs at the beginning of the nineteenth century; one claims that sixteenth-century conquistadores found them plentiful in the region later known as Chihuahua. [8] In a letter written in 1520, Hernan Cortés wrote that the Aztecs raised and sold little dogs as food. [9]
By 2003, the city's economy had recovered from the dot-com crash thanks to a resurgent international tourist industry and the Web 2.0 boom that saw the creation of many new internet and software start-up companies in the city, attracting white-collar workers, recent University graduates, and young adults from all over the world.
Chongqing, with over 100 days of fog per year, [59] is known as the "Fog City" (Chinese: 雾都); this is because in the spring and fall, a thick layer of fog enshrouds it for 68 days per year. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] During the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), this special weather possibly played a role in protecting the city from being overrun ...