Archive for February, 2010


Southern California speaks Kitchen Chinese!

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Bonjour mes amis! I am back from my wanderings and home from my book tour!I was so happy to meet so many old and new friends in Southern California and couldn’t believe it when I saw Book Soup’s sign in Hollywood (photo above). How many times do you see your name in lights on Sunset Boulevard? […]

Flowers in my hair

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Hello and greetings from San Francisco! Though I’m officially in town to promote my novel, Kitchen Chinese – I hope you’ll join me for my reading TONIGHT at 6pm at Books, Inc. (601 Van Ness) — I’ve managed to sneak in a little fun as well. What have I been up to?

The best laid plans of mice and first-time authors

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Oh, mes amis, where do I even start? Well, the good news is that we had a wonderful party on Tuesday at the beautiful Museum of Chinese in America, sponsored by the delicious Luckyrice Asian food festival. I loved seeing old and new friends from the New York book and magazine world and was incredibly touched that so many […]

New Yawk, New Yawwwwk!

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Hello and greetings from the the Big Apple!
Since I arrived on Friday, I’ve indulged in a cheap pedicure, feasted on lots of great food (spicy tuna rolls and tri-color rolls at Yama, housemade fresh tofu at En Brasserie – yum!), enjoyed an icy saketini, and spent a whole day eating nothing but toasted sandwiches (yesterday was panini Monday). […]

Balletomane

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Bonjour, mes amis! I saw the prettiest window display while running errands this afternoon — the birth of a ballet shoe.