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Generous George and the Eight Chinchilla Souls
11.22.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments
Most holidays that last longer than a day require some sort of fasting or deprivation. Passover: no leavened bread. Lent: Give something up. Ramadan: Fast all day. Off the top of my head, I can think of two exceptions: Hanukkah, in its eight latke-filled days and nights, and Thanksgiving.
At the moment you may be [...]
cooking, home cooking, huzhou
A Quaker A Day
11.09.09 | Permalink | 9 Comments
“Wow. Weird.”
That was the response I got when I told TJ about what I usually eat for breakfast.
Actually, I find it to be positively delightful and delicious, so much so that I sometimes eat it for breakfast and lunch in one day.
I’ve never really been much of a Chinese breakfast person. I enjoy 粥zhou, [...]
Chinese, cooking
There’s Nothing Like Eating with Chopsticks
06.12.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment
I’m just going to get this whole thing started without any introduction. So consider that sentence as your greeting—just follow along and you’ll catch on pretty fast.
There are a lot of upsides to being done with college, the biggest being that it’s over. My school and I had a rather turbulent relationship, and I always [...]