Chef Dan flambes! Baiju in Chengdu! The Greatest Noodle Chef… As the six faithful readers of my blog know (yes, that’s an LOL), my chef husband and I recently spent a pretty amazing month in China, eating our way across the country by train! We began our month in Shanghai, Read more
Tea with the last Cave-Dwellers of Xi’An A Terracotta Warrior and his trusty steed… Our month in China started in Shanghai, and then took us to Beijing. From Beijing we took a Deluxe Sleeper on the night trip up north to Harbin to see the Ice Festival and other sites. Read more
At the Tang Dynasty Show Tang Dynasty Show A Dumpling Banquet! Jing Jing teaching us to Properly eat soup dumplings! Tang Dynasty Show As our month in China was largely a “foodie-centric” trip, this post is about two, fun “foodie” things we did while in Xi’An– where we went primarily Read more
Mark Twain and dinner guests at the Elkhorn Inn! Mark Twain and Elkhorn Inn Guests Mark Twain at the Elkhorn Inn Doug Riley as Stonewall Jackson MAY 18-20, 2018: MARK TWAIN – STONEWALL JACKSON DINNER THEATER WEEKEND AT THE ELKHORN INN! CALL US AT 304-862-2031 OR 1-800-708-2040 FOR RESERVATIONS! HAVE Read more
Harbin Ice Festival At the Tiger Park! Jewish Synagogue Museum, Harbin When I was planning our trip to China and realized that Dan and I would be there at the end of the world-famous Harbin Ice Festival I knew we just HAD to go! Harbin is WAY up north- Dan Read more
The Cricket Fighting Master of Beijing! Me and Singing Grasshoppers! Rickshaw fun! Mr. Liu and the singing grasshoppers! Dan and our Rickshaw Driver… Trading Places! In perusing all the many tours available in Beijing, I short-listed many, but one in particular stuck with me- the opportunity to explore several Hutongs Read more
Chef Bond Chef Bond instructing Chef Dan… Chef Bond & Elisse We just learned, very sadly, that Chef Richard Bond of the Mardi Gras School of Cooking and Catering passed away… Chef Dan and I spent a wonderful day with him in his beautiful 140 year old home in Point Read more
ME in that hat! THE hat of my dreams! This post is about a very special day in Beijing made possible by an email friendship! Back in the fall, when I was OCD Trip Planning, reading as much online as I could about China, and discovering all sorts of things Read more
In the market with Chef Zhao A Black Silkie Chicken! Makin’ dumplings! Me and my dumpling! Perfect pleats! Our dumpling feast! As our month in China was, in great measure, a “foodie” trip for Chef Dan and I, I booked us a number of “food tours”, as well as two Read more
Wine tasting at the Changyu Winery! The Great Wall The Great Wine: Changyu Wine Chateau Wine Tasting at Changyu For anyone contemplating a trip to China, walking The Great Wall is a “Must-Do”, even if you just walk a bit of it, and so it was absolutely essential I find Read more