Category: food

Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin

I just can’t get enough of pumpkin lately!  This soup has been one of my favorite recipes I’ve tried recently. It was incredibly easy, and extraordinarily delicious.  There’s a restaurant in Chiang Mai, Thailand (where I spend January every year) that… Read More

Out to lunch with the team

Every Friday, our team of foreign teachers heads out to lunch together.  Sometimes we splurge on one of the few “Western” restaurants in town, but more frequently we head to some of our favorite local restaurants.  We tend… Read More

Confession

This was my breakfast today.  I have fairly strong self-control.  I was always the kid who still had halloween candy leftover by the time Easter rolled around.  I enjoy sweets, but for the most part can resist eating… Read More

New loves

Having my grad work load greatly reduced this semester has freed up time to pursue other hobbies, in particular, cooking. I’ve been spending a lot more time in the kitchen, and have been loving every minute! Here are… Read More

The Hot Pot Experience

One of my favorite meals in China is hot pot, especially when winter tenaciously refuses to leave the Dongbei. By the last week in March, there should be some sign of the approaching spring. However, since we’re perpetually… Read More

Thanksgiving #1 & #2

Thanksgiving was a work day here, but the team still managed to scrape together an amazing meal. In between teaching two classes, I whipped up my Grandma’s four varieties of yeast rolls. It just wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without… Read More

Pure bliss

I inherited it from my grandma (as did my dad): a love of good food and showing love through good food. There are few things I enjoy more, when time permits, than to spend an afternoon in the… Read More

Holy cow!

One of the first lessons you learn in China is never to say you like something. An offhand, “oooh, I like that” about any object from food to trinket equates in many peoples’ minds to “oooh, give that… Read More

Changeable weather

Spring in Siping…beware of flying bags My first year in China, I used to snicker a little bit when students would tell me, “Be careful, Miss Katherine; the weather is very changeable.” The phrase “the weather is very… Read More

Journal Wisdom

Right now I’m working on grading journals…a lengthy process with 90 writing students. At least the task is brightened with the priceless tidbits of wisdom I can gather from the covers of my students’ journals. Here are some… Read More