Today is Woman's Day (March 8th). Actually, International Woman's Day. But until I moved to China, I had never heard of it. Apparently the day is usually only celebrated in countries with socialist or communist backgrounds.
As a bit of an aside, though, in China, it is a bit of a joke that Woman's Day is on March 8th. The term "3-8" (san ba) in Chinese is one of the worst things you can call a woman. It is a gender-specific slander used only in reference to a woman. It is kind of like "bitch" only a million times worse. It is a girl who is naggy, bitchy, spoiled, shrew...pretty much every female slander rolled into one simple term.
Anyway, it's also the day that most offices let the ladies go home early, men are required to get their girls flowers, and bars have free drinks for women patrons. And this year it's on a Friday night! So, have fun out there, ladies! This day's for you!
I love that you're doing the cookbook-- I've thought about the same, esp. when it comes to some of my favorite recipes from our time living in Hunan and Yunnan. And boy oh boy can I relate to the re-learning part- so I look forward to seeing your results and am happy to share my recipe collection or any other contributions should you need any! Keep 'em coming and bon appetit! ~via Tianjin, China
ReplyDeleteThanks for the support. I've been getting lots of positive feedback on doing a expat cookbook. I would love to exchange recipes with other expats and also find out what foods people really miss and see if I can recreate them over here (kind of a personal challenge). So far, the Kickstarter for Crazy Dumplings is going great, so I definitely see the expat cookbook also happening this year.
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