Astrid, a friend and correspondent of eatingchinese.org was the author of a wonderful blog, Wrapped in Dough. Now in law school, she finds no time to maintain it, and has let it expire. I felt that a major part of it, the posts documenting her seven months spent in China teaching and traveling, were too valuable a resource for future travellers to China and Chinese food questers in general to lose, and saved her words and photos from extinction. With Astrid's blessing, I am putting them back out there for the world to see. Enjoy them, and chi fan liao!
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August 20, 2004: Off to China!
August 28, 2004: Week 1: Shanghai
September 02, 2004: Technical Difficulties
September 03, 2004: Surrogate Post 1: Peking Duck in Shanghai
September 05, 2004: Sweet and Heavy -- Shanghai Food
September 07, 2004: Shanghai's Sichuan Flavor - Hot and Heavy
September 07, 2004: Buddhist Vegetarian Feast
September 08, 2004: LinJiao (A Tasty Nut)
September 11, 2004: Delicious Cement Tea Cake
September 11, 2004: Baozi Breakfast
September 18, 2004: Saturday Lunch at the Potter's
September 19, 2004: Beanie Popsicles
September 19, 2004: Peanut Cookies for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
September 20, 2004: Blog Kinship
September 23, 2004: Chinese Restaurants in America, Revisited
September 26, 2004: Wuhan Weekend - Shopping!
September 26, 2004:Wuhan Weekend 2 - Cantonese Dim Sum
September 27, 2004: Wuhan Weekend 3 - A Late Lunch Cures All
September 27, 2004: The Colonel's Chinese Cousin
September 28, 2004: Happy Moon Festival!
October 01, 2004: National Day
October 07, 2004: Hangzhou Holiday -- Wushan Street Market
October 08, 2004: Hangzhou Holiday -- Two New Favorites
October 09, 2004: Cravings
October 12, 2004: New Watch
Oct 12, 2004: Go Red Sox!
October 12, 2004: Look Dad, I'm Cooking! (Kind of)
October 13, 2004: Farewell to Ocean Palace
October 14, 2004: Dumpling Dinner
October 17, 2004: The Default Meal
October 18, 2004: Debunking Zagats
October 21, 2004: No Way! No Way! No Way!!!
October 21, 2004: Dinner at a Colleague's Home
October 23, 2004: Put Him on a Stick!
October 24, 2004: On Their Way to (Be) Dinner
October 24, 2004: Sichuan Hot Pot
October 26, 2004: Sichuan Food Festival
October 26, 2004: Street Candy
October 28, 2004: YEAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 29, 2004: Overwhelmed
October 29, 2004: Wolfberry Wine
October 31, 2004: Dried Fish
October 31, 2004: Mystery Fruit
November 01, 2004: Cheese, Cheese, Cheese!
November 01, 2004: eatingchinese.org
November 01, 2004: A Familiar Feast in Wuhan
November 07, 2004: McDonalds?
November 08, 2004: Student Family Dinner No. 2
November 08, 2004: Black Chicken
November 10, 2004: Who Says I Can't Cook?
November 10, 2004: Bitter Melon Beer
November 14, 2004: Xiao Long Bao
November 16, 2004: A Short Vacation
November 26, 2004: Thanksgiving in China!
November 28, 2004: Dumpling Fest
December 01, 2004: The Turducken is Topped
December 01, 2004: Sausages in the Sun
57 December 05,
2004: Care Package
December 06, 2004: Birthday Cake
December 12, 2004: Printing Chinese Restaurant Menus
December 26, 2004: Hong Kong Meal
December 27, 2004: Insisting on Christmas
January 03, 2005: Bing Tang Hu Lou
January 03, 2005: More Nanjing Street Food
January 04, 2005: More Food Blogs
January 11, 2005: Giant Sweet Flower Loaf
January 13, 2005: Pizza in China is Very, Very Bad
January 19, 2005: Farewell Banquet
January 24, 2005: Night Market in Yichang
January 25, 2005: Chongqing Hotpot
January 25, 2005: Lovely Mantou
January 28, 2005: Emei Shan - Eating on the Mountain
February 04, 2005: Sichuan Snacks in Chengdu
February 04, 2005: Pandas and Tibetan Yak
February 04, 2005: Sugar Candy -- Renmin Park, Chengdu
February 04, 2005: Lijiang, Yunnan -- Naxi Culture, Food
February 10, 2005: Happy New Year!
February 24, 2005: Yak Pops in Dali, Yunnan
February 24, 2005: Lake Shrimp in Erhai Hu, Yunnan
February 24, 2005: Traditional Bai Tea
February 24, 2005: New Years' Eve Meal - Kunming, Yunnan
March 06, 2005: Noodles and Other Delights of Kunming, Yunnan
March 14, 2005: Guangdong Snacks
March 14, 2005: Guangzhou Dim Sum 1 - Outdoor Dining
March 14, 2005: Guangzhou Dim Sum 2 - Ancestral Village Day
May 06, 2005: My Market
June 20, 2005: Beijing Veggie Feast