After four days in Vancouver for a family wedding (Chinese food throughout), my appetite is satiated from banquet gatherings. I love it here! Vancouver reminds me of my favorite place in the world, San Francisco. With ocean and nature nearby, the skies are typically blue when not foggy. From one district to another, [...]
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Aprons I’ve designed as appreciation gifts for family participants in the ShowShanti project will soon be available for purchase.
Check back periodically, to see who else is a fan of home-cooking and the ShowShanti project.
Beijing, CHINA — April has been one busy month! A lot happens with the ShowShanti project that doesn’t get posted. One I’m happy to unveil and offer to fans, is the new ShowShanti apron I’ve designed as a gift of appreciation to participating families. I’ve always had a dream to design pretty wear-ables, and here it is – a fabulous apron! Also new to the team is the new intern, Tim Spross (aka TJ)!
Chengdu, Sichuan, CHINA — Today is one of those days I live for. I arrived at the house of the Luo family, greeted downstairs by their good little boy Luo Xiao. Luo Xiao, age 10, escorted Adeline and [...]
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 [...]
Continue Reading →Happy New Year! 新年快乐!
Happy 2010 and happy year of the Tiger! Through the ShowShanti project, I have visited 17 families in 2009. I look forward to bridging more relationships with families in China, learning their favorite recipes.
Wishing everyone a successful year [...]
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Gāomíng, CHINA — Leaving Beijing at sub-zero temperatures, I thought surely I could pack for warmer weather in Guǎngdōng; I was wrong. I greet our new friend Xiǎoēn, hoping that despite government provided heating reserved for homes north of the Yangtze, her home might thaw out my toes. On [...]
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Lijiang, Yunnan, China — After eight hours on a bus from Kūnmíng, we are met at the Lìjiāng bus stop by our smiling host Lǐ Shīfu. He drives us into Old Lìjiāng where we walk through cobblestone passageways to his family-run guest house. [...]
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Píngshān 屏山, CHINA – My journey to learn favorite family recipes began this morning at the Suíjiāng market. Heavy bags of meat and vegetables turning our knuckles white, we board Liu Yeye’s boat. Liu Yeye (Grandfather Liu) motors his river tank up the Jīnshā River just enough [...]
Continue Reading →Get your ShowShanti apron!
Three vibrant, colorful aprons to inspire you while creating! Designed by myself to give as gifts of appreciation to participating families. Available for purchase!
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