Another Snack Post
May I just say, Asia has very different tastes than Westerners. I know you know this but do you know how different? For one they don’t really have much of […]
Category Archives: Food
Flowers and Eggs, Literally.
There’s a tree here that drives my husband crazy; with allergies! The black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia, also called the false Acacia) is a somewhat ugly tree, 50 weeks out of […]
It’s a Love Story
Many of you remember my post about two young people who worked for the coffee shop I frequent here in China. The young man got down on one knee and […]
Moon Cakes
It’s that time of year again. Mid-Autumn Festival. It’s held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar. This year it falls on the 15th […]
Happy Dragon Boat Day
Today is Dragon Boat Festival or Duānwŭ Jié, Double Fifth Festival, which traditionally falls on the fifth day of May of the Lunar calendar. Today is June 9th. I don’t […]
Hong Kong Style Milk Tea
When one moves to China it is expected that they will begin drinking all the different types of tea grown here. Uh, nah. Since giving up drinking cola like an […]
It’s Mudbug Season!
“Crayfish, also known as crawfish, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, or mudbugs, are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are related; taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and […]
Eating Slop
I went to the Night Market with Susie again. We like to hang out and look at fun things. She’s more than half my age but is fascinated with the […]
Thailand…Ahhh
Over the Spring Festival break we took a trip to Thailand! Here are some of the highlights before my camera glitched and all my pictures and video clips were lost! […]
The Candyman
Hey there friends! Sorry for my long absence but I’ve been having an ongoing argument with my lungs and this atmosphere. If you want to know what I mean, go […]
