Edward (my tea party conspirator) and I were having an intense English debate earlier this morning , briefly interrupted by an insight by his 20-years-younger Chinese girlfriend, who bemusedly noted, “One of you start talking before the other ends their sentence. How can you hear what other is saying if you both talk at the [...]
N’awlins: the po’ boy edition
Taking a brief step back from the Orients, across cultures, back to August 15th, down a river, into a bayou.
New Orleans is a smooth operator that seduces you with its music and Cajun food, and so the strings of my heart were tugged and played in such a way that I strongly considered giving up [...]
No leaf left uneaten
The foot masseuse thought I was preggers the other day. No, I just ate too many buns or something.
When eating in China:
1. Warning to dieters: doing business in China always mean endless banquets and working lunches that turn into 10 courses.
2. Try to have 3 spoonfuls max of any given dish. Do not fear feeling [...]
Ni hao, zhong guo
12 hours in China, and I am already exhausted of Chinese toilets, the unhealthily reliable constant: dirty squatters, urine everywhere and no toilet paper. Even plumbing within private households blows. Strangely, dirty toilets in China smell differently from dirty toilets in America, and I am becoming conditioned to associate this unfamiliar odor to poop.
Maybe it [...]
From Sea to Plate
Eric, Max, and I boarded Captain Mike’s fishing boat at 8am on Thursday, with 3 six-packs of Honey Moon, Corona, and Sam Adam Summer Ale at Howard Beach, Queens. Our intent: to catch as many fish as we could for dinner that night. This was a real fish party.
We also brought along our failed experiment: [...]
帰った! Still alive
After a month of eating glorious European fare, exploring parks, beaches, and frolicking about with sorely missed friends, I returned to New York and was thrown head-first into organizing this INCREDIBLE event.
It went a little bit like this:
Apologies for being distracted.
Thursdays in the Heights: Risotto Recipe Redux
Risotto Recipe Redux
Published: Wednesday, May 5, 2010
This week’s water crisis posed as much a state of emergency to cooks as to anyone else. To every cook’s dismay, vegetables could not be washed with water from the faucet, and water had to be boiled every time something needed to be cleaned or [...]
Thailand, the beautiful
The night air hangs thick with humidity, pollution, and sin.
Fluorescent light from the hawker stands illuminate the narrow, dirty sidewalks of Suhkumvit soi 16. It is the longest road in Bangkok, and more illicit activities are transgressing at any point along this behemoth passageway than any five mile radius in America.
Down the street from our [...]
Jenny Liu’s Little Red Book
22 year old New Yorker finds herself in the People's Republic of China, trying to break into a 4000 year old tea trade.
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Mac and Cheese takedown taken-down
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St. Marks' love letter
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An empire state of mind
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Moved to Boston, ate some stuff
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Tokyo reverie
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Lessons on cultural differences 第一
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N’awlins: the po’ boy edition
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No leaf left uneaten
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Hangzhou tea and Lin’an hickory
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Jenny: Thanks bb! I kept remember how we drank all those ...
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rah rah: i miss china. wish i were there with you baby! goo...
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Stafford: You had never been fishing before? I'm glad that y...
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Jenn: lol thx for the jellyfish tribute ;) lolol i still...
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