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Thanksgiving came early this year to Dali, Yunnan Province, China. That’s because Thanksgiving is not actually a holiday in China and not wanting to teach our Friday morning classes in a post-feast stupor, Collin (pictured with me above) and I decided to host Thanksgiving dinner for students in our adult classes on Wednesday night and giveContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”

The following is a guest post by my wife, Ligaya Beebe. Her sweet potato pie was the star of our Thanksgiving dinner, which I’ll write about later in my own post. Anyway, take it away Ligaya: This recipe is a relatively faithful adaptation of this recipe which is itself an adaptation from Cook’s Illustrated. PieContinue reading “Sweet Potato Pie Guest Post”

If you’ve looked at many recipes online, you’re probably familiar with what I’m about to describe. I’ll read a recipe, then glance down at the comments to make sure there’s no “this recipe sucks” consensus. Often, there are some really funny comments, though unless they are master trolls I don’t think making me LOL was whatContinue reading “On Recipe Comments and A Simple, No Yeast Bread”

I’ve been babbling for years about making pesto. For some reason tonight was the night. Here’s Steve’s Artisanal Reduced Carbon Footprint Spinach Pesto: two cups finely chopped spinach 1/4 cup finely chopped almonds 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped (though I’d heed my wife’s advice and use half that amount next time!) X amount grated parmesanContinue reading “More Food; Canada”