Thanksgiving … Asian-fied! (a round-up of blog posts and newspaper stories) | Northwest Asian Weekly |

Thanks to Northwest Asian Weekly for including not one but two of my articles in their Asian-fied Thanksgiving roundup!

Thanksgiving … Asian-fied! (a round-up of blog posts and newspaper stories) | Northwest Asian Weekly |

How to make Hawaii-style barbecue (teriyaki) sauce. A recipe. by Derek Paiva | HAWAII Magazine

Our Thanksgiving Eve teriyaki turkey with homemade teriyaki sauce and 12 treasure sticky rice stuffing an unexpected success. I shouldn't brag, but I'm so surprised! Here's the recipe for the teriyaki sauce that I discovered this summer in the book, Kau Kau:

How to make Hawaii-style barbecue (teriyaki) sauce. A recipe. by Derek Paiva | HAWAII Magazine | Hawaii news, events, places, dining, travel tips & deals, photos | Oahu, Maui, Big Island, Kauai, Lanai, Molokai: The Best of Hawaii

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Distant Relatives versus Nearby Friends on Thanksgiving - NAM EthnoBlog

My parents say that there is a Chinese saying (there is always a Chinese saying) about how distant relatives are not as good as nearby friends. To illustrate, they recall the time our car broke down on the winding and treacherous Pacheco Pass after midnight and how our neighbor, Mr. Shigematsu, came to rescue us and did not get home until after 2 a.m. Our relatives in distant Los Angeles or San Francisco could not have done anything to help because they were too far away.

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Friends vs Relatives on Thanksgiving | Adventures in Multicultural Living | InCultureParent

My parents say that there is a Chinese saying (there is always a Chinese saying) about how distant relatives are not as good as nearby friends. To illustrate, they recall the time our car broke down on the winding and treacherous Pacheco Pass after midnight and how our neighbor, Mr. Shigematsu, came to rescue us and did not get home until after 2 a.m. Our relatives in distant Los Angeles or San Francisco could not have done anything to help because they were too far away.

Thanksgiving is a time of feasting and family, and people are traveling, cooking and cleaning like mad, trying to get to their families for four brief days. Because many of my children’s friends are from international families and do not have extended family close by, I like to gather up all our friends and celebrate “Thanksgiving Eve” the night before with a big potluck of what turns out to be the most amazing spread of foods from around the world — teriyaki turkey, sticky rice stuffing, butternut squash Thai curry, chicken biriyani, babaganoush, tabbouli, lasagna, shrimp and broccoli, mangoes and black sticky rice, Thai pumpkin custard and more.

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