Category: food
Updated on August 2, 2011
There’s a first time for everything
Everyone who’s from LA and everyone who knows someone from LA has heard of it. Like Graeter’s is to Ohio (please tell me someone out there knows the wonderfulness of Graeter’s), In-n-out is to southern California. In my… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Bad news for my mom and my waistline
I love ice cream. Every summer when I return to the States, I make sure to get my fill of ice cream because I know I’ll go the next four or five months without it. While describing ice… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Muffin Mama
A recent conversation with my (almost) three year old teammate last night reveals a great deal about the items that frequently come out of my kitchen. Sam strolled in last night as I was making dinner: Sam: “You got… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
New recipes!
I have one more senior thesis first draft to edit. My goal was to finish it today. I’ve spent the last hour at my computer procrastinating the task. I just don’t want to do it, and simply cannot… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Why I’ll never be able to cook Chinese food
The Chinese are extraordinarily precise about a number of things. Angling in the wrong direction one tiny dash in a character can completely change the character’s meaning, or render it meaningless. Children’s coloring books have one page showing… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
What I’ve been missing for 5 years
(Please excuse the poor photograph…it was late, I was hungry, and the lighting was horrible.) I have lived five years in China without the knowledge of this dish. That my friends is a sad, sad fact. A week… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Eggplant is your friend
I used to hate eggplant. The thought of the so-perceived slimy purple vegetable was enough to make me turn up my nose. However, the Chinese managed to break down my aversion to eggplant. The Chinese know how to… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Balloon Rolls
Happy New Year! Tonight I found out one of my flights in the coming week was canceled, which throws a wrench in my travel plans. I’m currently trying to stay up long enough for it to be 9 am on… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
And it begins…
Tonight is our first team Christmas party of the season. We’re hosting a dinner party for the students who work in our Foreign Teacher’s Library. Of course, no Christmas party is complete without Christmas cookies, so I’ve been elbow… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
More pumpkin…and roses
Don’t say I didn’t warn you. I told you that I was obsessed with pumpkin lately. I’m not sure why. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I’ve had very little pumpkin the last four… Read More
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