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roomie's chocolates she brings from home. and her brother is a chocolatier!

made my own shavings on top of mousse. fun!

i have to say the meat cleavers my parents have at home were always amazing... but looking back, what kept it sharp was the diligence of my aunt and a whetting stone.

the roasted brussel sprouts. i used to be all about the sweet potatoes but this year have fallen in love with the sprouts.

had saved 101 cookbooks - lovely but recipes sometimes too difficult for a simple fool like me.

new: big girls small kitchen is so adorable

cakepops! her and ree crack me up!

love learning new recipes with eggplant!

Ming Tsai

HOUSTON has one! I believe it's in one of those shady looking strip malls where karate class is also located across from the Ocean Harbor restaurant on Bellaire. It's awesome, my parents buy huge chunks from there and it's so warm and I've never had homemade tofu until then and there really is universe difference. Sorry I can't give you clearer directions, and the shop is nondescript.. just lots of Asians going in empty handed and out with bags of tofu. Hehe.

sweet potatoes b/c it satisfies so many cravings at once.

icewine!!!

blender!

eat more veggies and less cattle. hopefully the rainforests will like me more.

frog legs in china. and buying the frog from the market. and watching one jump away. and watching my uncle peel the skin off in one fell swoop exactly like chichi said. it goes from ugly dirty green to this pale/glistening meat so fast. omg and so yummy.