tales of the basil queen: happy new year

Thursday, January 1, 2009

As you may have guessed, I'm still in Hong Kong, in that place where cooking goes to die. Irregularly scheduled updates will resume in mid-January.

Virgin In The Volcano said...: Really, cooking is that bad there? Worse than Boston?; January 1, 2009 at 12:57 PM
adele said...: Oh, not Hong Kong. You can get excellent food in Hong Kong. The joke is that my parents' kitchen is where cooking goes to die. :P; January 1, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Katy said...: hong kong -- how awesome! have a great trip!; January 5, 2009 at 5:25 PM
adele said...: Thanks, Katy! Truth be told, though, I'll be happier when I'm back on the other side of the world. :P; January 6, 2009 at 3:43 AM
~~louise~~ said...: Happy New Year Adele.

Will you be back in time for Chinese New Year, I hope! I wanted to learn more about zhiaoji...; January 6, 2009 at 9:55 AM
adele said...: Louise - I will be back in time for Chinese New Year, and if I can rope my friends into it, we'll make jiaozhi.; January 6, 2009 at 10:37 AM
~~louise~~ said...: Please let me know if you "rope" your friends in. I would really like to do a Chinese New Year post. Have FUN in the mean time and thanks Adele.; January 7, 2009 at 12:58 PM
adele said...: Louise - Will do!; January 7, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Reference Services said...: Your blog is great!

Here is a blog post about the "New Year's Pretzel," a treat of German origin, popular in Northern Ohio:

http://sanduskyhistory.blogspot.com/2006/12/new-years-pretzel.html; February 9, 2009 at 1:23 PM