A whole chicken, deep fried Muzha, Taiwan Well, here's another way to cook up a holiday bird - you can deep fry the whole thing!...

Old growth tea plants in between betel nut trees I've been sifting through Taiwan Tea Tour photos and will return to blogging ab...

Bamboo vase with rose hips I've always liked the look of bamboo , but after a recent class on carving bamboo scoops and making ba...

Ginger-Thyme Tea Hello , blog readers - As the nights grow longer, darker and cooler, I find myself wanting a warm beverage to sip in the ...

Watermelon Radish Way back in 2005, when I started this blog - Wow, really?  Has it been that long?! - I thought first about the messa...

Homemade macarons I know how much work it is to host an afternoon tea gathering.  The planning, the shopping, the cleaning, the deco...

My tree-lined street, vibrant with color I used to feel a little sad when autumn would come.  I knew the days would grow shorter, da...

Camellia Sinensis blossom My tea plant has had a beautiful flush (growth spurt) this autumn, including a profusion of flower buds. I ...

A formal mate gourd and the loose leaf brand my friend prefers I am very happy to co-author this blog post with my good friend, AM.  I...

I'm about a month late in writing about this... Back in mid September, the huckleberries were ripe in the Pacific Northwest.  I ...

Ti Guan Yin tea in Muzha, Taiwan What is oolong tea ?  This is perhaps the most difficult Tea 101 topic I've written.  The tea i...

GirlRising.org Today is the International Day of the Girl , a call to action on behalf of our tender world.  And I say world because...

NW Tea Fest 2013 Click image to enlarge The NW Tea Fest has become an annual highlight of my tea life.  This year's event was won...

Guitian preparing tea Living the tea life at the NW Tea Fest!  Euphoric is the right word. Tasting all day and drinking tea with fri...

Fairy House I recently had the great pleasure of spending several days with my niece.  F-U-N!!  We had glorious early fall weather.  ...

Image from Edible Portland Tea Growing in Oregon!  The fall edition of Edible Portland features tea growing in Oregon!  Read it here a...

Me, drying dishes after cleanup of the meal at a recent kaiseki class I have some serious foodie friends who will enjoy this post....

Whether, like me, you pronounce this "zee-nya" or say "zinn-ee-uh", the zinnia flower is worth a closer look. Old-...

Stone Fruit Skillet Cake We went for an early walk to pick flowers today and came back home with nowhere to be and nothing to do.  So...

One of my favorite experiences is to be around people who have imersed themselves in their passions and then share that with others. Th...