
About a week ago, I decided to try making my own pumpkin purée and then a pumpkin bread recipe. When you live in China, keeping Western seasonal traditions alive (such as making pumpkin recipes in the fall around Halloween and Thanksgiving) seems much [...]
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Yesterday, one year ago, Chris and I were married. It’s hard to believe that we have been married for a whole year! And what a year – during which we traveled to Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, back to China for Chris [...]
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One of the cool things about living in China is that you are much more aware of the seasonal cycles of fruits and vegetables. Other than a few staple vegetables that you can get throughout the year (cucumbers, tomatoes, green peppers and chilies), [...]
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I have a love-hate relationship with lemon-flavoured things. I can’t stand, for example, yellow gummy bears or yellow skittles, or anything with fake lemon flavour. I also don’t particularly like the colour yellow. It reminds me of ugly grocery store flyers and dollar [...]
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