Lucky Celestial Lion Cookies

Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride. – Anthony Bourdain One thing I miss about living in China is the immense variety of regional specialty foods. I am fortunate in that I’ve been able to enjoy some amazing Chinese foods over the years. Around the world, traditional foods are …

One Less Bite of the Earth

The first wealth is health. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Our lives are being impacted by a conglomerate of global crises: climate, covid-19, extinctions, economic inequality, hunger, poverty, drought, fires, Brood X cicadas and so many more. We can easily feel overwhelmed by the scale of these doom-bringers. The impact of having so many simultaneous crisis …

Pantry Raid

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. – Hippocrates Eight of the Great Traditional Chinese Medicine Foods As this year draws to a close, it seems I will be spending more time alone than ever before in my life. My wife will be gone for an indeterminate amount of time, but on …

Giving Thanks

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough. – Meister Eckhart Let us all give thanks this day and every day. So many people in the US are traveling to be with family. I cannot understand that. Truly, why take the chance for a day or two of eating together? …

Lightgiver

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. – Martin Luther King Jr. Light is life. The sparkle of humankind increases with all our distinctive lights. Each and every open heart illuminates life and drives away doom and gloom. A life lived in …

EZ Emergency Ice Cream

Simple recipe made with just two ingredients The pandemic is still raging; seasons are changing and anxiety is running high. There are times when you want a frozen treat but don’t want to go out. With this easy Emergency Ice Cream recipe you can whip up some tasty relief with two ingredients. Many people are …

Delicious Watermelon Salad

Traditional Cantonese style watermelon pickle recipe, made with leftover watermelon rinds.

Off the Beaten Path in China:Part 3

To a mind that is still, the entire universe surrenders. – Zhuangzi Su Shi was ethically unyielding. The subtle political context of one of his poems caused him to be thrown into a dark prison cell for one hundred days. The hopelessness of his miserable condition changed the great genius forever. This terrifying experience further …

Off the Beaten Path in China: Part 1

Getting ready to travel in China takes some unusual preparations.

Traditional Chinese Dumplings

Traditional Chinese dumplings recipe. Sharing traditional foods is a great source of family togetherness.

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