Food

Image by Alexa from Pixabay Flash Fiction #143 Two colleagues come into the little lunch room in their office at noon one day. Non-Native Speaker: “Look, I brought you one … Continue reading It Is Interesting (Flash Fiction) →

Image by Joseph Levesque from Pixabay Many Asian immigrants interpret English words different, especially during holidays, when we have to pick and choose which mainstream customs we want to adopt, … Continue reading Holiday Food Reinterpreted →

Image by timokefoto from Pixabay New Word #126 I was trying to compile a holiday word list, for which immigrants have alternative interpretations. Then I realized that it’s a list … Continue reading New Word: Holiday Celebrations →

Image by congerdesign from Pixabay Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I was thinking of getting more vegan food this year. I went to Trader Joe’s today to see … Continue reading More Vegan Food For The Holiday →

Image by Monika from Pixabay I am not talking about the differences in ingredients, spices, flavors, textures of food from different cultures, but rather I am talking about a different … Continue reading Cultural Differences In Cooking →

Image by Pexels from Pixabay It is said Chiapas, Mexico is the capital of Coca-Cola–not that they produce the fizzy beverage, but rather they drink it more than any other … Continue reading I Used To Drink Like That →

Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay I met such a girl and I want to write about her. Well, I really want to say that I don’t know how to … Continue reading I Met Such A Girl →

Image by Trang Pham from Pixabay New Word #119 roast: cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire. However this word has … Continue reading New Word: Cooking But Not Really Cooking →

Image by CANDICE CANDICE from Pixabay The Weather I expected the heat to go down in August, but one week into it, the high temperature shows no sign of letting … Continue reading Early Saturday Morning →

Image by John Hain from Pixabay Today, I drove past “Wonder Seafood”, one of the best Asian restaurants in town and found that the parking lot was empty. Just one … Continue reading Weekend Thoughts →

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay New Word #113 I don’t know where the birds have gone? Maybe they’ve flown to Canada to seek some cool air since I don’t … Continue reading New Word: The Heat →

Image by kakuko from Pixabay Here are some of the common misunderstandings of stir fry dishes: Stir fry is always oily. This is not true. You can add as little … Continue reading The Secret Of Vegan Stir Fry →

Image by icsilviu from Pixabay Is the Pandemic Over? I wonder if the pandemic is over. Most people don’t wear masks anymore around here. I am one of the few … Continue reading Is It Over Or Not? →

Haoyan Do Cell Phone Picture Flash Fiction #122 Mu and his wife Nia have been practicing extreme economy recently due to rising inflation, to the point that their relationship is … Continue reading The Inflation (Flash Fiction) →

Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay Flash Fiction #118 Pammy and her husband Pan have been talking about inflation regularly. They have two mortgages to pay, one for the house … Continue reading How Do You Know What Italians Think? (Flash Fiction) →

The Microwave This morning the microwave went crazy. After emitting a weird burning smell, it sent the smoke detector screaming. I didn’t see any smoke to justify the alarm, but … Continue reading Crazy Friday →

This is the best vegan dish I’ve ever cooked so far and the taste is so good that it rivals those meat dishes. It is extremely simple and there are … Continue reading Super Easy: Tofu And “Just Egg” →

I was thinking of getting the vegan option “Just Egg” from the Target store for months since it has had very good reviews online. However, Target is located in the … Continue reading The Vegan Eggs →

The first half of the story is here. “I want Arju to work, of course, but you know Joa, it is not as simple as that. Life is more complicated. … Continue reading She Says And He Says Continued (Flash Fiction) →

Flash Fiction #117 Jinmu and his wife Joa have been running the restaurant “The Royal Garden” for years, which has a huge display of bubbly fish tank in the front, … Continue reading She Says And He Says (Flash Fiction) →

When I was a little girl and lived on the edge of the Mongolian Steppe, I disliked the spring very much, for the simple reason that our food was the … Continue reading The Spring Long Time Ago →

I am not a vegan but I’ve been on my way to the vegan land for many years. And finally for the last two months, I’ve successfully cut chicken out … Continue reading On My Way To Be A Vegan →

Image by Shutterbug75 from Pixabay Several years ago, a local Asian restaurant waiter told us when we were having lunch there that Valentine’s day doesn’t generate good business in his … Continue reading A Local Restaurant →

Image by S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay I can’t believe I’m having insomnia again. I should take melatonin. It says 10mg maximum strength–is it too strong? It is … Continue reading The Insomnia →

Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay “Where are you going? You are going to the tournament, right? How much I wish I can stop such an event. No participation. Just … Continue reading That’s Fate (Flash Fiction #99) →

Incense Drying in Vietnam–Image by Xuan Duong from Pixabay I’ve always trying to write real stories, but plagued with the fact that real stories tend to be too mundane to … Continue reading Cultural Differences →

Image by Couleur from Pixabay Let’s have a dumpling party, that’s tasty and hearty, with meat and veggie, to help her get over him. Who knows where he’s now, could … Continue reading Poem Of The Day #43 →

Image by Leandro De Carvalho from Pixabay Rida has been battling her husband Mung for years, but today’s battle is more severe than any of the previous ones. Mung took … Continue reading Dreams And Miracles (Flash Fiction #97) →

Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay Whatever happens, he is not going to give up smoking. That’s his last shred of comfort left in his life and he refuses to … Continue reading The Mistake (Flash Fiction #93) →

Image by Trang Pham from Pixabay Easy Curry Tofu Last time after I talked about easy tofu dishes, I realized that I forgot about curry tofu, which is my favorite. … Continue reading Easy Fusion Food →

Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay I don’t have a new year resolution since I know that I will never be able to keep it. Weather it’s an exercise routine, … Continue reading Happy New Year 2022 →

Image by Uschi Leonhartsberger-Schrott from Pixabay Christmas is a great occasion to learn new words. I know a lady who really wanted her kid to learn better English. She actually … Continue reading New Word #86: Christmas →

Image by Couleur from Pixabay Christmas is a time to try new food. Stores display new items on their shelves while people don’t care much when they go beyond their … Continue reading Healthy Food For Christmas →

Image by NickyPe from Pixabay It takes Nali the whole Saturday to troubleshoot the database, pinpoint the reason why it is slowing down, rewrite queries, and reconfigure essential tables. When … Continue reading A Night To Forget (Flash Fiction #90) →

Image by hanul choi from Pixabay Since I started a healthy diet regime about ten years ago, I’ve always been on the look out for new recipes. One of my … Continue reading Easy Tofu Dishes →

Image by Ylanite Koppens from Pixabay I’ve never attempted to roast a turkey. And there are several reasons for that. Reason number one: The oven has always been an extra … Continue reading Thanksgiving Options →

Image by Manuel Alejandro Leon from Pixabay Jintu is the chef of “The Royal Garden” in New Jersey. If you talk about any other dish or any other chef in … Continue reading An Unexpected Competition (Flash Fiction #74) →

Yip and Yik are two brothers who used to run a restaurant together on Old Post Road in Edison Township, New Jersey. However after their father died, the two brothers … Continue reading Ida And Superstition (Flash Fiction #65) →

Image by Ulrike Leone from Pixabay When I was young, living in the staff quarter of a rural college south of Mongolian steppe, I often heard fruit stories from my … Continue reading Mellow Fruitfulness →

Image by S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay There are a lot of fireworks, big or small, in Edison Township over the weekend and one very exuberant one just … Continue reading The July 4th Long Weekend →

Image by USA-Reiseblogger from Pixabay I haven’t heard any sound from cicada in Edison, but it is said in the Princeton township 30 miles to the west, cicada is taking … Continue reading Cicada 2021 →

“Look, rice spaghetti. I wonder if it tastes like rice noodle. Let’s try it.” Pammy says to her husband Pan at the ShopRite grocery store. “Well, do we have to … Continue reading The Rice Spaghetti (Flash Fiction #5) →

Akito Nakamura is a typical Japanese boy with an atypical family history. His father is a Malaysian who went to Japan to attend a graduate program, during which he got … Continue reading The Crazy School Lunch →

I owe my little “fame” on this special diet to the ex-prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, who resigned last year due to health issues. Suddenly his illness, ulcerative colitis, … Continue reading My Special Diet →

Last weekend, I had to struggle with the question–what broth to use–all because the local Trader Joe’s runs out of the low sodium organic chicken broth. This Trader Joe’s on … Continue reading Struggle With Broth →

I don’t have an appetite today and I don’t know why. Is it because of the melatonin pills I’ve taken these past two weeks for my insomnia? It could be. … Continue reading When You Don’t Have An Appetite →

Whenever I make a bowl of wonton soup, I will think of R. When I first came to America as a graduate student, R was my roommate from Eastern Europe. … Continue reading Easy Wonton Soup →