Birthday Dinners Here: Avoid the Prestige Trap
Birthday Dinners Here: Avoid the Prestige TrapTwo ways people handle Birthday Dinners Here — and which one ages better a...
Food & Dining
Eat like a resident: hotpot, neighborhood food, budgets, and daily dining habits.
Kid-Friendly Meals Without Turning Dinner Into a Project
Kid-Friendly Meals Without Turning Dinner Into a ProjectField notes on Kid-Friendly Meals Without Turning Dinner Int… — ...
What We Actually Feed Kids on School Nights
What We Actually Feed Kids on School NightsI used to overcomplicate What We Actually Feed Kids on School Nights. Living ...
Low-Spice Is Not a Personality Failure
Low-Spice Is Not a Personality FailureMyths around Low-Spice Is Not a Personality Failure that waste newcomer time — and...
A Week of Cheap Cooking That Still Tastes Like Here
A Week of Cheap Cooking That Still Tastes Like HereField notes on A Week of Cheap Cooking That Still Tastes Lik… — messy...
Hosting Weekend Guests: One Pot, Not a Restaurant Tour
Hosting Weekend Guests: One Pot, Not a Restaurant TourNobody explains Hosting Weekend Guests cleanly when you first arri...
Street Food Near Home Beats the Famous Queues
Street Food Near Home Beats the Famous QueuesLast Tuesday I walked past three 'must-try' stalls with lines wrapping the ...
Yulin at 12:40: How Locals Actually Lunch
Yulin at 12:40: How Locals Actually LunchTwo ways people handle Yulin at 12 — and which one ages better after month thre...
I Eat Mostly Plants Here. It Got Easier After Month Two.
I Eat Mostly Plants Here. It Got Easier After Month Two.Month one (annoying) Chengdu hotpot — Wikimedia Commons (free li...
Cook Four Things. Stop Trying to Meal-Prep Like an Influencer.
Short version stayed short on purpose. This longer note is for people who still feel guilty for not meal-prepping like a...
Cafés Where You Can Actually Finish a Deck
Cafés Where You Can Actually Finish a DeckQuestions I get about working from cafés here — answered without the lifestyle...
Sourcing Imported Food While Living in Chengdu
Sourcing Imported Food While Living in ChengduField notes on Sourcing Imported Food While Living in Chengdu — messy, usa...