J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

I first became aware of Lao Gan Ma chile crisp at a potluck baby shower in 2016, where a friend brought a bowl of chilled hand-pulled noodles that he tossed with black vinegar, soy sauce, sesame seeds, scallions and a ladleful of the sauce.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

[as Indiana Jones drinks his martini, Lao Che's henchmen laugh as he holds up a vial]
Willie: What's that?
Lao Che: Antidote.
Indiana Jones: To what?
Lao Che: [matter-of-factly] The poison you just drank.
[laughs aloud]

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones: [to Lao Che] I suggest you give me what you owe me... or 'Anything Goes!'

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Webber: Ah, Dr. Jones. I'm Earl Webber. I spoke with your assistant and managed to secure three seats, but there might be a slight inconvenience as you will be riding on a cargo full of live poultry.
Willie: Is he kidding?
Webber: Madam, it's the best I could do on such short notice!
[recognizes Willie]

Webber: Heavens, aren't you Willie Scott, the famous American female vocalist?
[Willie, Short Round, and Indy board airplane]
Indiana Jones: [shakes hands with Webber] I owe you a gin.
[laughs as he spots Lao Che arrive too late to stop him]
Indiana Jones: Nice try, Lao Che!
[Indiana slams plane door which says

"LAO CHE AIR FREIGHT"]
Lao Che: Goodbye, Dr. Jones.
[he and his lackey laugh malevolently]

The Men Who Stare at Goats
The Men Who Stare at Goats

Lyn Cassady: While recovering in the hospital, Bill wrote to the Vice Chief of Staff for the Army, explaining that he wanted to go on a fact-finding mission... to explore alternative combat tactics. The Pentagon agreed to pay his salary and expenses. What Bill hadn't told the Pentagon was that he was really looking for the answer to his vision. How could his men's gentleness,

their general lack of interest in killing people, be turned into a strength? How could love and peace help win wars? Bill knew where to go to find out. Bill disappeared into the New Age Movement for six years.
Lyn Cassady: [Continues talking while various images of Bill's experiences with New Age Movement are shown] Like all Shaman before him, he had traversed the

wilderness. Now he was returning to his people, a changed man. He brought with him his confidential report, which he called: "The New Earth Army manual." The New Earth Army is a banner under which the forces of good can gather. The courage and nobility of the Warrior, blended with the spirituality of the Monk. The Jedi Warrior will follow in the footsteps of the great imagineers of the past: Jesus

Christ, Lao Tse Tung, Walt Disney. The role of The New Earth Army is to resolve conflict world-wide. Jedis will parachute into war zones, utilizing sparkly eyes technique, carrying symbolic flowers and animals, playing indigenous music and words of peace...
Bob Wilton: What's... What's the sparkly eyes technique?