30\u00a0 bar steady 30.13 6mph NE dewpoint 28\u00a0 Spring<\/p>\n
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After a morning among the bronze vessels of the Shang and their piece-mold casting technique, Kate and I went out to Kam Wong’s.\u00a0 Kam Wong’s is a local Chinese restaurant.\u00a0 It was here when we moved to Andover fifteen years ago this July and has survived the arrival of more Oriental restaurants and chain restaurants.\u00a0 I like to eat there to support local, non-chain food.\u00a0 The food is the usual Americanized version with lots of chop suey, chow mein and egg foo young.\u00a0 It is interesting, though, that one of the serving dishes, the one with the foot and a bowl on top with a cover, is a direct descendant of one of the Shang dynasty ritual bronze vessels.<\/p>\n
Up stairs for a nap, then into the Zhou dynasty bronzes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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