Donburi or Domburi (1949)

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DONBURI--27,300 Google hits, 572 Google Groups hits
DOMBURI--1,530 Google hits, 56 Google Groups hits
(Neither "donburi" nor "domburi" is in the OED anywhere. Just awful on  food.)
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I was walking around Chinatown. Mikata Japanese Cuisine, 150 Centre Street,
has "Donburi (Rice Delicacies)." I see from the archives that I had posted  a
fine 1962 citation for "domburi," but that's it.
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The Asia Society has a nice new food site, what I should be doing if I  could
find a food webmaster:
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_www.asiafood.org_ (http://www.asiafood.org)

Domburi


This is a heavy earthenware lidded bowl much  used in Japan, and also refers
to the food cooked or served in  it.

>From Charmaine Solomon's _Encyclopedia  of Asian Food_
(http://www.asiasociety.org/publications/forms/9625934170.html) , Periplus Editions,1998,supplied
courtesy of New  Holland Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd.
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(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
23 August 1950, Los Angeles Times, pg.  A1:
_SASHIMI?_--"No sake, please," I told Sue  Mira. She is a very Japanese girl
at the very Kawafuku Cafe, or sukiyaki  house. It's on the littoral of Little
Tokyo. "Just sukiyaki." She asked me  if I wanted some unagi donburi. She said
that is eel on steamed  rice.

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11 July 1958, New York Times, pg. 26 (RESTAURANT GUIDE):
Fuji
238 W. 56th St.
off B'way
Real Japanese Food & Atmosphere. Specialties Sukiyaki, Tempura,  Donburi.
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(NEWSPAPERARCHIVE)
7 November 1949, Dothan Eagle (Dothan, Alabama), pg. 5, col. 4:
_Donalsonville Group_
_Complete Study_
_Course On Japan_
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Another afternoon the class enjoyed the dish, Okayko Domburi, which means
"parent and child," the members using chopsticks.