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mooncakes by other names
Ok, so I said that perhaps I would tackle reading mooncake 月饼 flavors this year. So I started looking into it...and realized there are hundreds! No way I can accomplish that...so I've made a list of different ones I cou… -
Japanese restaurant and little miss piggy
We took Lily Li, a former Hilton student who is currently studying Japanese here in Haikou, out to experience some sushi and saki the other night. It was lots of fun, and Lily pronounced the sushi "special." … -
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
Well, Erik just called to tell me he has the ticket for Harry Potter! This means the package is at the Post Office. We need to bring the ticket (and a passport) to the post office to pick it up. Hopefully we should hav… -
Eat those (winged) greens!
As a rash of nosebleeds and the very motherly DanishDoll have reminded me, I am prone to anemia. That's when your blood doesn't have enough iron, and it's not a good thing. Many years ago, I used to have to take these … -
That sizzling rice mushroom thingy
So there's this one Chinese dish that we've had a few times but never figured out the name of. It is really good. First, you get these flat crispy rice cakes. They're really hot. Then you pour a sauce over them. In the … -
Americans are starving, you know
One of my students went to Guizhou for a few days and brought back a snack to share with our class. She started handing them out...they were about the size and shape of an atomic fireball, wrapped in shiny bright silver … -
Quick like a bunny!
For those of you who didn't click the link to look at the last batch of pictures...the picture proxy seems to be working today, so look look look! I don't know when it will be working again, so enjoy these, they may be y… -
Hostess gifts
So Erik had taught his class some about American manners before inviting them over to dinner, and one thing they asked him about was what was appropriate to bring as a hostess gift. So it was interesting to see what they…
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