Alex Grieves of WildChina met with me last week, to learn more about the ShowShanti project; how it started and where it is going. WildChina facilitates unique ways to travel and see China. Given WildChina’s mission, it was an honor for me to [...]
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Fóshān (佛山), Guangdong, CHINA — Every great meal begins with the fun adventure of grocery shopping. This may be tedious for some, but for me it’s another chance to connect with the locals and get seduced into buying other things not on the evening’s menu. Flash [...]
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中国，佛山—每一顿诱人的美食都要从去琳琅满目的菜市场挑选原料而开始。对有人来说，这可能是挺无聊的事情；但对于我来说，却是一个和当地人打交道 的好机会，我还会被诱惑着买晚上菜谱之外的东西。只要有人朝我一笑，叫我一声朋友，并说：好久不见！我就与他们搭话，还买了当天并不需要的西红柿。“我应 该每天都储存西红柿。”我这样安慰自己。
Continue Reading →San Francisco, CALIFORNIA — My friend, Meli James, interviewed on “The View from the Bay” discussing best places to drink wine in San Francisco; truly different sites and great to make fun trips of them. Meli is co-founder of Continue Reading →
I’m half Filipino from my mother’s side, and my other half is mostly Danish American. I like to talk about my family a lot on this site because a lot of things in life I associate with my family. There are a lot of things our parents try to teach us, but when you’re young [...]
Continue Reading →I live in Beijing; my neighborhood is a concrete jungle and there are no plots to muse a community garden anywhere in sight. I’m really starting to want my own garden, right about now. I regret how much I took my parents’ garden for granted. What [...]
Continue Reading →When is the largest yearly human migration in the world? Chūnjié (春节, Chinese New Year).
For the year of the Tiger, Adeline traveled by train 13 hours (hard sleeper), then three hours by bus to arrive home where her mother and father waited anxiously [...]
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Who would have thought anything other than rice could be made in my rice cooker?
I traveled to Fóshān (佛山) in Guǎngdōng (广东), China and learned how to cook this dish that titillates the senses. Qiūfán (秋凡), a lovely [...]
Continue Reading →你是否想过用电饭煲里可以做菜呢？2009年12月，我旅行到广东的佛山，学会了如何做这道能挑逗人的味觉的菜。秋凡是一位非常可爱的年轻妈妈，也 是教我用电饭煲做沙姜焗鸡的老师。房间里弥漫着它的香味，我迫不急待地想尝尝。这道菜很简单，味道独特，看起来让人口水直流呢。
Continue Reading →To answer a fellow tweeter’s question, yes, the Beijing IKEA also serves Swedish Meatballs.
Smirk if you will, but during my trip to IKEA for organization boxes and pantry containers, I envisioned a calm day at the IKEA cafeteria. As I left my [...]
Continue Reading →Shanghai, China — Brunch just before flying back to Beijing.
Quite possibly my last shrimp meal with mystery origins. Why? Answer
New location in Shanghai, next door to the Starbucks at THE PORTMAN RITZ-CARLTON SHANGHAI 邮政编码:
Nanjing Xi Lu, Shanghai, China, 200040
Continue Reading →Shanghai, CHINA — Lunch at a restaurant serving Shanghai cuisine
Grandma’s Red Braised Pork Belly (外婆红烧肉, Wàipó Hóng Shāo ròu) — The flavor was right, it looked perfect, but it didn’t fall apart, melt in my mouth, or make me believe I’d died [...]
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