New York Times Magazine's Food and Drink Issue

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(1) Maya Lau, Our Thirsty Correspondents; Times reporters working aboard pick their most memorable watering holes. New York Times Magazine, Apr 7, 2013.
http://www.nytimes.com/interacti ... -global-drinks.html

My comment:
(a) Read only the entry headlined "Xiamen, China" by Jim Yardley.
(b) For "water roach," see Oriental cockroach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_cockroach

(2) Sow's Stomach, Anyone?  A sampling of Germany's less-than-glorious culinary past, in Nicholas Kulish, One Tiny German Town, Seven Big Michelin Stars; There is a very good reason to visit the obscure Black Forest village of Baiersbronn. New York Times Magazine, Apr 7, 2013.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/0 ... michelin-stars.html

Note:
(a) saumagen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saumagen

German-English dictionary:
(i) sau (noun feminine): "sow"
(ii) magen (noun masculine): "stomach"
(b) eisbein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisbein
(i) eis (noun neuter): "ice"
(ii) bein (noun neuter): "leg"
(c) himmel und erde
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmel_und_erde
(apple sauce)
(d) This is a side bar (displayed as a column to the left of text) to an article. I did not read the article.
(e) Baiersbronn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baiersbronn