When drinking tea in China sugar and milk are not added. Putting milk in your tea is on the same page as putting ice in your beer, or chocolate syrup on your mashed potatoes. Though the Chinese make many…

  Every year I make "Koulouraka", Greek Easter cookies (they look like sweet rolls, but they are not) for my family and friends. The cookies are a labor of love, this year Corey helped me bake them. First you make…

     The fog rolled in as we stepped out of the taxi in Pudong, in Shanghai. The fog reminded me of San Francisco. Chelsea, French Husband and I planned to go up the third tallest building in the world,…

        (Photo: Tea and Rice.) We opened the menu to find it was in Chinese…it made sense considering we were in China. French Husband looked and me, and I looked at him, he said, "I am hungry." I agreed.…

      On the first step off the plane, we knew we weren't in Kansas, or I should say Hong Kong, anymore. Fortunately, we had the luxury of having a hotel taxi waiting for us. Our hotel is in…

The lake was surrounded by small bamboo, grass roof bungalows. Each strip of bungalows had a small restaurant or snack bar. During the weekends families come to rest, relax, fish and have a meal together. During the week, especially after…