Last week, Mr. A gave a Chinese New Year presentation to M’s 1st grade class.  I had mixed feelings about it initially, but after M came home from another parent’s Hanukkah presentation saying “Mama!  We learned about Hanukkah today! We at latkes!  It was sooooo cool.  I wish I was Jewish!!”, I changed my mind.  [...]

Three is a wonder.  Last week, living with L was like living with a ticking time bomb.  Everything we said or did had the potential to set her off on the fast track to tantrum land.  This week, she is amazing: giggly, pleasant, and full of silly jokes.  If I didn’t know better I wouldn’t [...]

Ok, you asked for it.  This is what we had for dinner tonight.  Both are from Fuchsia Dunlop’s Sichuan cookbook.
The top picture is my own modification of Homestyle Tofu.  The tofu was boiled, not fried.  I also, I didn’t remember to take a final picture after I added the scallions and corn starch, so imagine [...]