Suíjiāng 绥江, Yunnan, China — It must be great to have a food expert in the family. The Zhāng (张) family is fortunate to have the talents of husband and father, Zhāng Shīfu (张师傅, Master Zhang). Who wouldn’t want to dine daily at the table of a chef? Located in central [...]
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Suíjiāng, Yunnan, China — As I walk to the corner where my team and I will set off in a sānlúnchē (三轮车, motorized three-wheeled taxi), I look around me in awe; all of these buildings will be submerged under water after the Xiàngjiābà Dam [...]
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Suíjiāng 绥江, Yunnan, China – The road from Yibin to Suíjiāng is a six-lane highway possibly indicative of healthy funding for public works until our driver turns off the road revealing a different tale. Following the Jinsha River, a [...]
Continue Reading →中国，绥江——从宜宾通往绥江的道路是一条六车道的高速公路，它预示着这个地区可能有着良好的经济状况，直到我们的司机在公路的尽头转过弯后，新的路况在 向我们诉说着截然相反的事情。沿着金沙江——长江的上游——前行，我们看到了很多废弃的村庄。建筑物上面的瓷砖都碎裂或者掉落了，道路也是坑坑洼洼的，在 没有玻璃的窗台后偶尔会出现一两个居民的身影。这里发生了什么？难道这里是一块被政府遗忘的土地么？当我问我们的司机——一位在宜宾火车站迎接我们团队的 叔叔——为什么这些村庄被废弃的时候，我注意到一个废弃的工厂正立在江的对岸。
Qīngdǎo 青岛, Shandong, CHINA — I step off the bus in front of Qīngdǎo’s train station and onto wet streets lined with German styled buildings. The air smells of the sea and our hostel, Big Brother, sits on a hilly street reminding me of San Francisco. After settling into [...]
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Zhāngqiū 章丘, CHINA – Before I came to China I imagined stone homes, earthen pots, bamboo steam baskets, and tiered rice fields scaling into the clouds. Two and a half years ago, I arrived in Shanghai where I indulged in street food and began Mandarin classes then two months later settled in [...]
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Tōngzhōu 通州, CHINA — I get off the subway at Li Yuan station in Tōngzhōu 通州, hungry.
Near the station, we enter the gate to a cluster of six-floor apartments. Someone is practicing the drums a few stories above and the neighborhood echoes my childhood when the [...]
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Walking east along Guanghua Lu, I spot a shop with people seated at five small tables outside, slurping soup. I look inside the shop and see a poster featuring the same dish everyone is eating. My nephew, friend, and I sit at a table and order three of whatever they’re having.
First, the server brings [...]
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Beijing, China — When friends from out of town visit me in Beijing, the host in me lights up during mealtimes. My husband and I send our friends off for long hikes on the Great Wall and walks within the walls of the Forbidden [...]
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While living in Beijing, my home was blessed with an Āyí (Chinese for aunt, another term for home helper) who could cook well. Āyí gave me my first cooking lessons in China. Hóngshāo Páigǔ is a favorite in her home and easily became one of my favorites as it had an ingredient close [...]
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