(TAMMY) DUCKWORTH, EVERY DAY IS A GIFT — Traditional Thai cuisine doesn't include cheese, and many Thais find the odor... gag-inducing. ... I did eventually develop a taste for cheese, and now good luck prying me away from a nice runny Camembert or a stinky Stilton.
Traditional Thai cuisine doesn't include cheese, and many Thais find the odor of it gag-inducing. When I was a kid, I did too. The first time my mom made me a cheeseburger, when I was about seven, I thought I was going to throw up. The smell of juicy burgers was completely overwhelmed by the sickening stench of gooey, slimy cheese. Even the texture was gross! As an adult, I did eventually develop a taste for cheese, and now good luck prying me away from a nice runny Camembert or a stinky Stilton.
| A. | Rare, expensive food such as Graukäse or larb mote daeng | DELICACY |
| B. | Eerie, cryptic, supernatural | UNCANNY |
| C. | Explorer Sebastian who searched for the Northwest Passage | CABOT |
| D. | Leader who said "If not us, who? If not now, when?" | KENNEDY |
| E. | Bananagrams and Boggle, for two (2 wds.) | WORDGAMES |
| F. | Emotional response to an indignity | OFFENSE |
| G. | Gaiety, conviviality, merrymaking | REVELRY |
| H. | Artisan who works mostly with cold metal | TINSMITH |
| I. | Good grip on a mat | HEADLOCK |
| J. | Inventor of the Polaroid instant camera (2 wds.) | EDWINLAND |
| K. | Bygone traces, as footprints | VESTIGES |
| L. | Peril for those in the lower Puna region of Hawaii | ERUPTION |
| M. | Oglala Lakota war chief who defeated the U.S. Army in the Fetterman Fight of 1866 (2 wds.) | REDCLOUD |
| N. | Minder of business other than her own | YENTA |
| O. | Like Edam and Gouda | DUTCH |
| P. | Merchant in "The Merchant of Venice" | ANTONIO |
| Q. | State bordering Campeche and Quintana Roo | YUCATAN |
| R. | Achievement just before liftoff | IGNITION |
| S. | Complement from the chef (2 wds.) | SIDEDISH |
| T. | Cleaning agent that might make you wrinkle your nose | AMMONIA |
| U. | Like Parmesan, often | GRATED |
| V. | Makers of Taleggio and mascarpone | ITALIANS |
| W. | What might be paired with "vin" | FROMAGE |
| X. | Lover of Havarti, Brie or Gorgonzola | TUROPHILE |