Category Archives: food

strawberry fields forever

Went strawberry picking earlier this week.  This has started to become a happy annual tradition.  We picked almost 10 pounds of strawberries… and probably had almost as much in our tummies. Last year, kaylah was still strapped in the bjorn.  This year, she got to join in on the fun too, and ate the most strawberries out…

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sticking around s’more

it has been much too long since i have posted.  our past several weeks in the US has been packed with travels, birthday celebrations, a wedding, reunions, showers, and even a photography workshop!  whew.  it has been a wonderful time but i am tired. but as a nice unexpected surprise, we are sticking around Michigan for…

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fresh

since coming to China, i have learned to make quite a few things from scratch.  mainly out of necessity.  “necessity”, as in i may have really been craving a certain sort of food and it just isn’t available, ready-made, processed and pre-packaged on your grocery store shelf.  or it requires a trek into Shanghai and…

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strawberry picking adventures | jiaxing china photographer

look what we got to do this weekend.  yum. we ventured out with some of hannah’s classmates to the surrounding countryside to go strawberry-picking.  me and hannah were both excited as we have never picked strawberries before and hannah *loves* strawberries.  and it was a chance to get to know her classmates a little more….

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egg waffles: hong kong-style

continuing on this food theme for this week, i’ll share a small but happy food experience during our trip to hong kong.  we were just walking along the streets when we stumbled across this hole-in-the-wall food stand, selling egg puffs.  egg puffs (or egg cakes) are basically a hong kong version of waffles that break…

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