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I sought these out last February as well, after reading an article about them in the LA Times. They were expensive, but SO worth it. They were everything they were said to be - easy to peel, bursting with juice, super sweet, and just tart enough.

+1 for Roasted! Brussels sprouts and cauliflower are my favorites. Fingerling potatoes too - and you don't get all the extra cream & butter fat of mashed potatoes. Maybe mix in meats with the veggies? Thick slices of smoked bacon are popular with brussels sprouts.

I never thought much of peonies because in my mind, they were just a storybook flower from the Chinese operas my dad played (the Peony Pavilion) and I had only seen highly stylized ones from Chinese art. I saw real ones last year for the first time and I think they're gorgeous!

Once every month or two... maybe. We don't wear shoes at home and we don't do anything in bed except sleep, sexy-times, and the occasional internet browsing on the laptop before sleep. I would like to wash twice a month but I usually get pre-occupied with other things.

After having access to and trying out several different specialty chocolate bars, I've found that I can't eat supermarket chocolate anymore. It's hard for me to eat any milk chocolate - way too sickly sweet. Stuff like Hershey's just tastes... off. The texture is wrong, the way you have to chew it and the way it melts... I feel like I'm eating fake chocolate. I won't even buy the more expensive supermarket chocolates like Lindt and Ghiradelli. Some of my favorite bars have been ones with chili dried mango and cured bacon.

I LOVE lengua! We have great taco truck down the street from us so it's our late night comfort food. I never ate it growing up but it's big in Asian cuisine as well. Grilled beef tongue (sliced verrrry thin) is delicious at korean bbq.

My bf tried out the Keetsa mattress that his brother bought and he loves it! We're currently using the Westin Heavenly bed.

AWESOME!

I'm Chinese and live in Southern California - we always take our shoes off when we come into the house. There's a tiled space when you enter the front door and it's the only indoor part of the house you wear outside shoes. We keep slippers in the entranceway closet for guests slippers outside the back door if you plan on walking in the backyard. The only indoor shoes I've ever worn were Birkenstock sandals that I never ever wore outside.

It makes sense to me because shoes bring in all sorts of nasty stuff from outside. Some of it could be sticky things that don't fall off until they rub on your carpet, or until the carpet fibers dig them out of the treads on the underside of your shoes. I also liked to lie on, sleep on, read on, do homework on, etc. on the carpeted ground in my bedroom. Wearing outside shoes on my carpet would have been akin to me rolling around on the sidewalk. Sidewalks accumulate spit, vomit, dog poop, gum, and who knows what else - why would I want to bring any of that into my living space? :(

Chicken is great steamed! Steam the chicken, bone-in and with the skin. Dip in a sauce made of vegetable oil, chopped scallions, grated ginger, and salt - yum!