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Thanks; glad it's helpful. I personally enjoy cookbooks, or recipes, written by people who can teach, so that you don't just get a recipe but grow as a cook. I have to be careful, though, or I can go on ad infinitum. Just now in re-reading the recipe I wrote, I was tempted to add two comments...

I know what you mean; I lived in Shanghai for five years, and that was the main beef I had with the cooking (besides sometimes being a shade bland for my taste) - it was unnecessarily (imho) sweet. But there are some outstanding local specialties that I still miss though I left there long ago...

I ate this delicious dish a lot when I lived in China. Somehow I left without ever getting the recipe. Neither of my Chinese cookbooks have one, and I have not been able to find a decent recipe on the web. Working with the one recipe available online (in which the proportions are way off) and my...

9/11, horror of evil though it was, was a polarizing event...it drew most of the world together (while the Palestinians danced on the streets and handed out candy.) It certainly drew Americans together. One of the memories that stays with me is the incredible solidarity of Americans in the...

Yes, warm out of the oven. And we also serve it with cold soymilk for those who are lactose intolerant! :smile:

I'm in heaven...plum pie and fresh whipped cream (found the cream in the fridge) and a nice cup of tea! Oops...Oh, sorry to you folks that didn't get to taste it....it was so good I didn't pay attention to how many pieces I kept slivering off for myself... :sick: Oh well...no need to put the...

Sorry, Snoop, for not responding to your question about biscuits and gravy. In the U.S., biscuits are not cookies. They're a quick roll made with baking soda, not too distant from a scone, but no sugar. In the South (I'm from the North, so I'm not speaking from personal experience), they are...

Congratulations, Cara...great to know you're in each other's hearts if not arms. Hope you can feed your husband a lovely virtual anniversary dinner!

Whoa, JKath! I'll have about eight more of those quesadillas, please! They don't ALL have to go out to the guests, do they?

Four jobs I have had in my life: Bookkeeper in a four-star country inn and restaurant (Gateways Inn, Lenox, MA) Staff Development and English teacher in personnel dept. of a large property development company in Tianjin, China Chinese interpreter at Johns Hopkins Hospital, International Services...

STOP! Don't eat that spinach/feta triangle yet, Sushi! Here, take two of these Lactaid pills first. Okay, now you can try them.

All right...I'm reading this, so I'll pitch in. But don't let's get stressed. Someone very wise once wrote, "You know.... we all get caught up in things we shouldnt. Mainly stress. I feel we need to just relax. Take a deep ****ing breath....... and relax. Life is too short. Sure, there are...

Cara - did you ever find the $400 tip I left you tucked under the beautiful dried flower arrangement? You deserve it! I'll be back...

I lived in China for 11 years and learned some Chinese cooking while there. Dumplings of various sorts are found all over China. The ones we call potstickers, if made at home in the North, are the exact same as jiaozi, the water boiled ones. It does just depend, as one poster said, on how you...

Big sigh of relief! You're awesome. I'll sleep well tonight! :pig: After sampling each of the kinds you send up!! :ermm: :pig: :pig: :rolleyes:

:neutral: I CAN'T believe I'm doing this...even in a virtual B&B I have the same problem I've had all my life: ordering (food) insecurity. I think I've ordered the wrong thing, not the thing that's going to make me perfectly happy. Please tell me somebody knows what I mean. I think I call the...

WAIT!!!!! Don't start the carmelized apple french toast yet!

That would be great, thanks. Any kind of stuffed french toast you guys can whip up. Cherry, blueberry, apple/cinnamon. I've never had it before, and just read about ten recipes for different kinds of it...now I'm sure I won't sleep well until I try at least one version of it. Room 8 sounds...

No problem. Anyway, I'm just staying the night. Which room am I in? I have jet lag, so maybe I'll just take a couple more of those scones up to my room with me and Tucker, and we'll tuck in for the night. (It's night where I am, anyway!)

Oh...my. These are gooood. Groan. oh. shoot. They're gone and I'm still hungry....Um. I've noticed some other people eating stuffed French toast. What kind do you have? (did you notice Tucker looking at you adoringly? Thanks for paying attention to him.)

Wonderful. In that case, I'd like a couple of warm Ginger Scones with clotted cream, if it's not too much trouble, and a pot of Earl Gray tea. Tucker will have a bowl of Nutrimax Senior Choice, but if you have any left over steak or chicken - just a little, mind you, he would be thrilled...

Knock knock. Hi. Excuse me, I was just driving by and I noticed your place. Hope you don't mind, I took a peek around back. I love the little zoo! So I was hopeful....um, do you take dogs? (Tucker's waiting in the car.) I'll understand if you don't...I didn't call ahead...

Gee, thanks! I'm new here, so the encouragement is appreciated...(tentative smiley would go here, like the one in Yahoo, but there's nothing that correlates exactly in the list of smileys available on this site.)

Hi. I lived in China 11 years and learned the language, and a lot of the cooking, mostly Northern style (heavier, savory flavors, lots of garlic and bean paste.) Tian mian jiang means literally in Chinese "sweet flour paste." It is what is served in China with Peking Duck, not plum sauce, and...