Some years ago, several of us used to make regular expeditions to one of the authentic Chinese restaurants in Seattle's International District. We threw ourselves on the mercy of May Yee and Charlie Leong, who ordered—in Chinese—off the Chinese menu. When anyone would ask, "What is this?" Charlie would say, "Try if first, then I'll tell you." I discovered a lot of really delicious food that I never would have tried otherwise.

One of May's favorites was squid—the little fellows. And I developed a taste for it too. There they were, a whole big platter-full, complete with sucker-studded tentacles. May and I managed to gross out a few people at the table as we sat there mowing our way through big platter of squid. Chewy little critters, but YUM!!

Don Firth