It always seems like I end one year and start a new one reading books published by Blacksmith Books in Hong Kong. Today as I waited for my kids at Sunday School and stayed indoors as the snow blanketed Chicago, I sat down with Lena Sin and Nicholas Tay's How to Hong Kong: An … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Hong Kong: An Appointment with China
Hong Kong has never been more at a crossroads with One Country, Two Systems than it is now. So to understand more, I recently delved back into the past with Steve Tsang's 1997 narrative, Hong Kong: An Appointment With China (I. B. Tauris, 1997).On a personal level, I never … [Read more...]
Paperback sale!
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday just around the corner, I'm excited to offer a special discount on the paperback edition of Good Chinese Wife! If you live in the US, I can offer it for $5 a copy including shipping.If you're overseas and are interested, please contact me at … [Read more...]
Good Chinese Wife e-books $3.99 this weekend!
Exciting news! The Kindle and Kobo editions of Good Chinese Wife are on sale this weekend (through November 14th) for the super low price of US$3.99! That's less expensive than a fancy coffee and half the cost of a cocktail.And if you read Italian, that edition … [Read more...]
The Ladies’ Room
Last night I attended the Chicago book launch for The Adventures of Fat Rice (Ten Speed Press, 2016), the long-awaited cookbook from Chicago's only Macanese restaurant, Fat Rice. The restaurant is one of my favorites anywhere. Earlier this year, I blogged about The Bakery, Fat … [Read more...]
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