Inspired by my friends Natasha and Nick (who appropriated a bit of green space near an MIT parking lot for their vegetable garden) I decided that I could use my balcony as more than storage space for my bike... if my bike hadn't been stolen. I went to Home Depot and picked up a lightweight planter, some dirt, and some vegetable plants. I've never ( Read more... )

One of the many many things I miss about my parents is my mom's cooking. I don't really know how to cook Chinese food, and I mean real Chinese food that my mom used to cook every day. Not stir fry or generic stuff like that, but braised beef tongue, taro, all kinds of Chinese vegetables, oxtail/tendon/daikon soups, etc. The only thing I vaguely ( Read more... )