TAF & TACL-Lyf | Cookbook Club
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TAF & TACL-Lyf | Cookbook Club

Throughout 2024 I hosted my  Taiwanese American Cookbook Club as a way of celebrating and exploring all of the wonderful English-language Taiwanese cookbooks that have been published in recent years. It’s a special potluck series wherein all attendees make and bring a dish from the featured cookbook. In October, we featured two cookbooks! First, the Taiwanese…

Kansas City
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Kansas City

Back in September, Alex and I flew over to Kansas City for a long weekend, following our San Francisco Giants over to Kauffman Stadium and checking off another MLB Ballpark from Alex’s list. We also visited the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and of course we ate some barbecue. Perhaps more unexpectedly we also saw a…

New York City
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New York City

Labor Day is a great time to visit New York City, especially if you like the city relatively quiet and empty! Alex and I were able to spend two whole weeks in New York thanks to the generosity of friends who let us stay in their place on the Upper West Side while they were…

Vernon Street Farm
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Vernon Street Farm

Our good friends Do-Hee and Josh up and left the San Francisco city life in 2022 and moved to upstate New York to start a farm! This was our second year in a row visiting them at Vernon Street Farm. This time we flew in for a stay in Manhattan for the week before and…

BAO | Cookbook Club
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BAO | Cookbook Club

Throughout 2024 I have been hosting my  Taiwanese American Cookbook Club as a way of celebrating and exploring all of the wonderful English-language Taiwanese cookbooks that have been published in recent years. It’s a special potluck series wherein all attendees make and bring a dish from the featured cookbook. Our August cookbook club featured BAO,…