deep fry

It starts with a stroll close to home and then ventures downtown for brunch and art, and into Studio City for a heavenly deep-fried Fluffernutter.

Not the kind earned through a paycheck or a plastic name tag, but the kind manufactured in the glare of camera flashes and deep-fried spectacle.

No matter if whipped into an icing, deep-fried and served with a sticky dipping sauce or simply steamed, tofu is a shapeshifter.

And with home frying, even if you are deep-frying, you choose your oil.

Before the waitress can even tell them to enjoy their food, Nancy takes a hard look at the deep-fried dough in front of her and exclaims, “Nice!”