Nice Posh Nosh reference there! Nytimes just did an article on kid's breakfasts around the world. They showed two year old eating natto! I'd link it but I don't want to burn through my free views and kinja hates my phone.

I don't watch the show, but I happened to catch this awesome interview with the actress who plays one of the freaks on the show and while i still won't watch, cuz totally wuss, i do like that they're doing interviews with the actors! http://sfist.com/2014/10/02/leg…

I've lived in a lot of places since then including Asia and Europe so i'm a bit jaded now. I do remember learning some hard lessons when i first moved to the big city and esp after living in the East Bay in the late nineties. Luckily i've never been robbed or assaulted, just a couple of close calls. As i mentioned to…

I dunno about this small town safer bizness i grew up in one in the mountains in a one stoplight place and my first grade teacher was murdered by her son and his friends in the 80's. Bad stuff happens, it's just that you tend to know who did it. I've also lived in some pretty rough areas and never was bothered. Meth…

I grew up in small towns in rural NorCal and your mom is lying or she moved before meth hit those areas. My cousins best friend murdered her husband in the nineties in a teeny tiny town in those parts. And there's a few unsolved murders from the 80's and 90's that i know of, the difference is you know who's committing…

Sounds legit to me and anyone who was a kid in the last twenty years loved the walk down nostalgia lane!

That all looks tasty! As for the dirt cake, that's something that preschool teachers and bored stay at home parents whip up to make eating more interesting for their kids. (normally on halloween) I'm a bit surprised they're offering it at a ren faire?! Oh and i'm with you on the oyster shooters, but then again, i…

I'm a big busted gal and the new phones, sadly, make me look like I'm trying to stuff my bra. :/

So i'm guessing that this isn't the appropriate place to drop this link? Cuz that waaaay to tearjerky vid is about drinking and driving... And now i want a puppy... and a cat...

After reading this story http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/58121… i really needed this. Needless to say I'm not surprised about where those people live. Extreme northern CA is a repository of isolated crazy people. Ok,I need to watch that video again...

However if you've ever eaten at a Chinese Buddhist temple then authenticity is a must! But for the other places, good luck! ;)

I can't access the paper, but I wonder if they accounted for race/culture/ethnicity of the study participants. The areas they surveyed have large Asian immigrant populations (Alhambra, last I checked is over 80% Chinese) who would care more for authenticity, because homesick and they come from areas where knowledge of…

Not sure if you'll see this, but my grandmother and most of my female relatives are waitresses and servers, or have been in the past. And i love this post! When i started having problems with my gallbladder my grandma basically told me that it's a polite conversation where we both have to work with each other. And if…

That's pretty much our standard. If I'm the palest person in the room, we're good to go! Also where I'm at we look for a "B" grade from the health inspector, because of how some Chinese cuisines prepare their food.

Um, you know that panda express isn't really Chinese food, right? My husband's parents are Chinese Buddhists who are vegetarian, so I've been schooled. The trick to getting authentic Chinese vegetarian cuisine is to eat at a restaurant connected to a temple. This works in the US, China and Taiwan. If you're on the…

I've seen this kind of thing handled well before. A good introduction to the book that addresses the issue along with a page before the first chapter reminding readers that this memoir is written from a problematic perspective and more resources in the endnotes for the readers that want to learn more. It's not that…

That looks like a nifty book, thanks for the link! I'm glad she changed it for the child, because attitudes towards indigenous people were not that kind back in the day. Unfortunately, we're still fighting to get our voices heard and for people to recognize that we're still here and working hard to maintain,…

The real question is does this biography address how they participated in the genocide of American Indians and perpetuated stereotypes of us too? http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2008/07/select…

You are aware that her treatment of Native Americans, is quite problematic right? I say this as someone who is NA and who is doing research in NA education. Here's my go to resources on this issue: http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2006/09/little…

At least they didn't go full Nazi? http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/arti…