Wandering Chopsticks

@elinashatkin Congratulations!

A year later, the most vivid memory I have of Jan 6 is the moment I returned to the House chamber after the riot had been quelled. I stepped over broken glass to get into the chamber. What ensued over the next hour was the most powerful experience of my career. THREAD

I ate noodles for long life bc I'm #VeryAsian

@Judy_was_here @DCampoamor I only stumbled upon them when looking for books for my niece to read. A quick Google would turned up the same.

@wanderchopstick @DCampoamor This is cool, thanks for sharing! 🎉 I loved the historical books but never really kept up after the early 2000s because I wasn’t expecting to see that much representation.

"By not having dolls or toys that looked like me growing up, I essentially grew up not thinking that the American story was my story.“ This made me cry, I might finally get my first American Girl doll at age 26. today.com/parents/parent…

@kimbui My condolences. I'm sorry for your loss. :(

Joan Didion's Year of Magical Thinking has gotten me through widowhood. It is so stark and powerful that I can only read a chapter at a time. Two years in, I still haven't finished. Once I read a single line while taking a bath and was sobbing for an hour as the water got cold.

.@TODAYshow @NBCNews Corrine Tan is not 1st Asian American Girl of the Year doll! Not enough dolls who looked like me, I remember the ones who did. 2006 Jess, half-Japanese. 2011 Kanani, Hawaiian. Not Girl of the Year, but Ivy, Chinese set in 1970s nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…

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🥺 Mikawaya’s maneki neko, which watched over the store for decades, has found a new home at Azay. The Hirose/Maehara family were close with Frances and the Hashimoto family, and it is comforting that another legacy jtown family can carry on her spirit in this way ❤️

So, there’s this new star-studded podcast dropping on the Vincent Chin case, which will bring that critical story to a wider audience. Which is great. Except @HelenZiaReal just let let us know that neither she nor the Chin estate have been contacted by the podcast folks.

The new Vincent Chin podcast not even reaching out to the Chin estate or Helen Zia is peak Hollywood in this moment of #StopAsianHate. Monopolizing storytelling efforts, crowding out grassroots voices, wanting to be the face of this work. Even if well-intentioned, this is wrong.

My 5th #huyfongfoods factory tour and this #sriracha umbrella is my favorite freebie yet! Chili grinding season goes until next weekend if you want one too. #vietnamese #vietnamesefood #irwindale @ Huy Fong Foods,… instagram.com/p/B2shNxshsT3/…

Niece and nephew loved the pineapple tea soft serve on furikake waffle cones at #bigsoftee #montereypark . I got Tahitian vanilla swirled with jasmine milk tea soft serve. Been wanting to take the kids for a while… instagram.com/p/B2sgBZSB3CQ/…

More satisfying was #fogodechao 's restaurant month dinner special for $39. That excludes rib eye and lamb chops. Dinner is $62 now! The special is extended until September 15th. And they now have grilled cheese!… instagram.com/p/B1RctFDh4ZQ/…

Last night's 98 cents baseball steak at #pacificdiningcar for its 98th anniversary. Available only for a few weeks. Must reserve on their website. Each party must reserve individually, just note the names of your… instagram.com/p/B1RcJFXhyeu/…

So how did I eat the pork belly? Sliced it up and put on lettuce with jeow (Laotian tomato salsa) or kimchee. That's it. Simple "recipe." Simple meal. #porkbelly #airfryer #airfryerrecipe #lowcarb #lowcarbrecipes… instagram.com/p/B1KuL5yBT9h/…

Crisp skin. Juicy pork belly. Simply salt and pop into air fryer for 30 minutes. #porkbelly #airfryer #airfryerrecipe #lowcarb #lowcarbrecipes #keto #ketomeals #ketorecipes instagram.com/p/B1KtfH2BzKj/…

Was really craving pork belly tonight, but felt lazy. Decided to try cooking it in the air fryer. I simply salted it and put it in for 30 minutes. Look at that crisp skin! Experiment success! So easy. Best $39.99… instagram.com/p/B1KtDjJhYCv/…

Last year my purple dragon fruit finally yielded two fruits. I gave them both to my mom, who brought them up to Oregon for my grandmother's death anniversary dinner. Despite the gorgeous purple bloom, the fruit inside… instagram.com/p/B1KsDS9hfYb/…

Double dragon fruit blooms. Actually, got 7 blooms this morning and about two dozen fruiting. Hoping to beat last year's bumper crop of 120 dragon fruit. 120!!! #garden #gardening #homegrown #dragonfruit #thanhlong… instagram.com/p/B1G4X6HBx4M/…