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The Taiwanese Bakery

Ieuan Dolby - ieuandolby [1,974]

Bakeries are to me a place to get some fresh bread so that I may make my cheese sandwiches or have my marmalade on toast in the mornings. For this I require a nice looking, freshly made lump of matter...

Destinations: Taiwan | Taipei
Topics: Food | Economy | People | Shopping

Film Review: The Wedding Banquet

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,099]

With Brokeback Mountain's many spotlights cast upon director Ang Lee, it's easy to forget that he had humble beginnings with a sweet little film called The Wedding Banquet. This 1993 Ang Lee classic...

Destinations: Taiwan | Taipei
Topics: Culture | People | Performing Arts

Film Review: Eat Drink Man Woman

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,099]

"Eat, drink, man, woman. Food and sex. Basic desires. Can't avoid them." Take one widowed Taipei master chef, add three romantically-troubled daughters, stir in a flirtatious widow, mix vigorously,...

Destinations: Taiwan | Taipei
Topics: Food | Culture | People
Worshipping at Lungshan Temple, Taipei. Religion is just one example of Chinese influence on Taiwanese life.

Chinese/Taiwanese: Lessons in Identity

Dawn Stanton - dstanton [2,069]

"Is your roommate Chinese or foreigner?" At first I didn't know how to answer that question, most often posed by my ESL students. I was living in Taipei, and my roommate was Taiwanese. I considered...

Destinations: Taiwan | China | Beijing | Taipei
Topics: Culture | People | 20th Century History
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