Durian fruit being cut at a Vietnamese market in southern L.A. The green behemoths in front and back are jackfruit. (All photos by Donna.)
Flew out to southern California last week to be with one of Donna's oldest and dearest, almost entirely beaching it, but found time for one great restaurant meal and one day exploring little Saigon south of LA with the extraordinary
White On Rice Couple, Todd Porter and Diane Cu.
Diane, born in Vietnam two years before the family fled in 1975, and
Todd, a native of Oregon, are photographers, videographers, writers, cooks and gardeners. I met them in
Ixtapa last January and was immediately impressed with their energy and work, but I didn't quite appreciate how fine these two souls were until they invited me and Donna and the ...
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