Today, I just want to share a picture of a durian that my lovely girlfriend took. It was 58 yuan for this one--not a cheap price for a singl...

I grew up in a household where my mother always coached us that we should begin reading any menu from the bottom up, because that way you co...

First, I read Soul Mountain . Then, I read The Good Earth . Now, I am in the midst of Red Sorghum . The first is by Gao Xingjian (b. 1940). ...

Ain't No Full Mettle Backin' in memory of Francois-Marie Arouet (with a couple nods to Allen Ginsberg and Bruce Springsteen) Wa...

Lotus Root Valerie asked me to write more about food and what I eat. Tonight for dinner, I will have ground pork in lotus root with er l...

In a different iteration of my life, I would have expected to see a woodpecker when I opened my blinds, but the rat-a-tat-tat of a large...

Chinese embrace eco-burials BEIJING - Chinese traditionally believe that souls may rest in peace only if their bodies properly buried unde...