Archives for January 2025

Chinese dishes from my childhood

22 January 2025

2025 is the Year of the Wooden Snake and celebrations begin in a week. I’m not Chinese but I love Chinese food. And I cannot talk about this love affair with Chinese …

Thai dishes we call salad

08 January 2025

Strictly speaking, salad does not exist in traditional Asian cuisines. It’s a Western thing. The word salad itself is derived from the French salade which, in turn, …

Easy noodle soup with Tai O style clam sauce

14 November 2026 » Cooking» In the kitchen

Frozen dumplings and hotpot-style seafood balls, chicken broth straight out of a carton, instant noodles and fresh spinach. It would have been just another noodle soup were not for the addition of a lovely sauce I bought in Hong Kong.

Holiday paper crafts

13 November 2026 » Creating» In the den

The girls and I used to make holiday paper projects together once Christmas vacation started. Creative activities to while away the long days. It was fun. It was a great opportunity for bonding. It felt good to create something pretty; it felt even better to be able to create together.

A story about a fish, a volcano and a book

12 November 2026 » Elsewhere

This is a story about a fish that can be found in only one lake, and that lake is in the caldera of a volcano. But to tell that story, I first have to write about a book I found lying around in a house overlooking the lake and volcano.