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we love you japan!! bakesale for japan - April 2, 2011
In college, I spent a year abroad in Japan as an exchange student at Waseda University. It was definitely a life-changing experience that has shaped me (both for good and bad - but mostly good....)...
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celebrating a good long life with auntie lao and martin yan
A few years ago, my friend J gave me a wonderful book by her friend Rosemary Gong, called Good Luck Life. It is a charming and informative book about Chinese American celebrations and customs,...
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springtime bounty
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti."Sorry to start this post with such a morbid quote from Hannibal Lecter. But I must admit, I avoided...
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bite-sizes pieces of happiness
Yesterday, I drove up to Marin, enduring record-breaking June rainfall, to take a petit four (French for "little oven") class at Dragonfly Cakes in Sausalito.At the SF Fancy Food Show this year, I...
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this season makes me "berry" happy!
There are many times a year that I say to myself, "I'm soooooooo lucky to be living in the Bay Area!!". We are currently in the middle of berry and cherry season!!!! My friend C and I made the trek...
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birthday tuna
I spent my birthday this year with my LA "family". My best friend J's mom (aka "nana") makes the best tuna salad I have ever eaten. It doesn't taste fishy or too mayonnaise-y. I beg her to make it...
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i like to tinker in the kitchen
Often, when people introduce me, they will say, “This is e, she’s a ‘foodie'.”Ack! I really dislike the word, “Foodie”. This term is really not appropriate to describe me. After an introduction like...
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ghetto delicious gourmet cupcakes - made from a box and topped with stuff...
This past weekend, I met my cousins for dinner in Milpitas. It was a long drive down the 880 - past 4 Walmarts. Confession - a guilty pleasure of mine, is to visit Walmarts late at night. After...
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capturing the best of summer - peaches, nectarines, tomatoes, garlic, basil -...
During the summer months, the farmer's markets are filled with stands offering tasty, sweet samples of stone fruit. I can't resist! I come home from the market, delicately cradling my peaches,...
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reunited with dill – and it tastes so good!!
Years ago, I accompanied my then boyfriend to a dinner at his new boss’s house.The boss’s wife made a shrimp pasta with creamy dill sauce. Everyone was served a plate mounded with linguine and...
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Spam love
Not the unwanted kind you get in your email, but the gelatinous, take the shape of the can, combination of mystery pre-cooked meat. Yup, I must be in Hawaii, where residents consume the most Spam per...
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see, taste, discover - a journey to find inspiration!
November 11th, 2011 at 11:11pm. At our gate at SFO, Rosemary Gong, her mom, Mary, her Auntie Peggy, Auntie Lynn, her cousin, Susan, and I closed our eyes for a moment and made a wish. We were all...
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i've a feeling we're not in kansas anymore......
After spending hours in the re-circulated air of a pressurized cabin, I love the moment you step out of the airplane, onto the jetway and breathe in your first lung-full of air at your new...
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people who eat together are....happy together!
After our garden visit, the group boards the bus and we go check in to our hotel, the Sheraton Shunde. The first five star hotel in Shunde, is luxurious and modern. We have about two hours before...
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it is called a "wet market" cuz you might get wet - but it could be worse....
(WARNING: This post contains graphic images.)The morning of our second day, Chef Martin Yan takes our group to a local wet market in Shunde, China. If you want to get a sense of local culture, and...
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a food fantasy scene - en chine
I am perched at the end of the stainless steel counter and wait with anticipation.The young handsome chef looks over at me, and gives me a shy crooked smile. He pushes back his sleeves and turns his...
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great talk on all things chinese food....and then some
This is a TED talk about the history of Chinese Food in America. Since I'm very technically challenged, if the format still looks funky, please view the video...
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Inagural gathering of the Cookbook Club
Last night was the first meeting of our new Cookbook Club. For Hannukah, my friend D got Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi. She thought it would be fun for a group of food-loving people to get...
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