But what could be more naturally strange than plucking bones from your mouth, as Marina and Spyros do over bowls of fish soup?

NEWYORKER: Bringing Up Babies

The prep staff stock the pullout drawers beneath the counters with slabs of marinated meat and fish, serving-size baggies of pasta and crabmeat, steaming bowls of brown rice and mashed potatoes.

NEWYORKER: Big Med

To serve, ladle the miso soup into 2 wide shallow bowls, scoop the noodles into the soup, and lay the bok choy and fish on top of that.

NPR: Asian-Inspired Cooking with Tyler Florence

Ceviche, tuna tostadas and taquitos, plus various meat and fish dishes cooked over a wood-burning grill, are presented on beautifully decorated places and enamel bowls.

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