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Savouring Thoughts: December 2013
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Make Time for Life with Loved Ones On Intimate Food Tours Over the Holiday Season. Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back." Harvey Mackay. Author of best-selling book, Swim With the Sharks. They say time is money but that's not true. Time is life." Ann Voskamp. Author of best-selling book, One Thousand Gifts. In Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Over the years, I ...
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Savouring Thoughts: February 2015
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015. Butting Heads over which Chinese New Year Hashtag to use? Happy Asian New Year! Ung Hei Fatt Choi. Gong Xi Fa Cai. Chuc Mung Nam Moi. Did you know that the Chinese character for the upcoming year is " yang. Which can refer to any member of the caprine subfamily aka ruminant horned animal? Folklorists from the Nanjing Museum say that beginning tomorrow, the Chinese Lunar New Year is NOT the Year of the Ram nor Sheep, but the Year of the Goat! Here's a bit of food for thought&...
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Savouring Thoughts: April 2014
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Come and Share Toronto's diverse Spring Celebrations: Persian New Year, Qing Ming, Passover, Easter and Spring Equinox! Live in each season as it passes;. Breathe the air,. Drink the drink,. Taste the fruit.". Easter Egg is a sign of spring. A true sign of spring. Hey Toronto, it's spring! Well, if you went according to the calendar, spring started as of March 21st, though you wouldn't know judging by the flip flopping back and forth between Old Man Winter and Spring! Next, you...
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Savouring Thoughts: November 2012
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Sunday, November 11, 2012. Lest We Forget. Remembrance Day in Toronto's Chinatown, Nov 11th, 2012. Day of the Dead display,. Courage My Love window. Along Haunted Kensington, Chinatown and. The Grange Walk, 2012. Have you noticed lately as you watch the news on TV, that the anchors are wearing their red poppies? Poem written by John McCrae, an Alumni of Victoria College at University of Toronto. Those of you, who attended my. Haunted Yorkville, U of T and Queen's Parks Walks. Loved and were loved, and no...
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Savouring Thoughts: January 2014
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014. Celebrate the Year of the Horse Together! Find out what the Year of the Wood Horse. Holds in store for your Chinese animal sign! Gung Hei Fatt Choi in Cantonese or. Gong Xi Fa Cai in Mandarin or . Chuc Mung Nam Mui in Vietnamese! Lucky Candies in lieu of Lucky Money. Chinese Lunar New Year takes place earlier in 2014 than in 2013! It's hard to believe, but 17 years ago I had guests who had done either the. Lost First Chinatown Food. Second Chinatown Foodie Tour. 17th Annual Ch...
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Savouring Thoughts: May 2014
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Friday, May 9, 2014. April Showers Bring May Flowers, Mother's Day, Asian Heritage Month. April showers bring May flowers. And Asian Heritage Month. I love the month of May. Who doesn't love the lush spring colours thanks to the vibrant green shoots and tender buds, and then there are the splashes of white, creamy shades of yellow, different hues of indigo, and various shades of blushing pink in the guise of crocus, hyacinths, tulips, daffodils, paper whites and more! Well, I'm seriously dubbing the Seco...
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Savouring Thoughts: April Showers Bring May Flowers, Mother's Day, Asian Heritage Month...
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Friday, May 9, 2014. April Showers Bring May Flowers, Mother's Day, Asian Heritage Month. April showers bring May flowers. And Asian Heritage Month. I love the month of May. Who doesn't love the lush spring colours thanks to the vibrant green shoots and tender buds, and then there are the splashes of white, creamy shades of yellow, different hues of indigo, and various shades of blushing pink in the guise of crocus, hyacinths, tulips, daffodils, paper whites and more! Well, I'm seriously dubbing the Seco...
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Savouring Thoughts: January 2013
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Revisiting a Timely Old Post: The Power of Superstitions - Chinese New Year's Traditions and Angsts. Vintage and Contemporary Lie See (Lucky Money). Top 9 Chinese New Year Superstitions in 2013 * *. Sweep kitchen floor & Wash kitchen floor. I've noted in my daytimer to sweep and wash the kitchen floor by Friday February 8th. It would be bad luck if I did it on February 9th, Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve! I'd be sweeping out the good luck from home! Is the ultimate last day you...
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Savouring Thoughts: 2015 Chinese New Year's Sights & Sounds
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Saturday, February 14, 2015. 2015 Chinese New Year's Sights and Sounds. Can you hear it? What’s that racket? To hear 6 seconds of exciting Chinese New Year. Sights and sounds captured on Instagram. Note: click same image and then click PLAY. Isn't it exciting to hear these wonderful sounds and view some of the dazzling sights that are signs of the fast approaching 15-day Chinese New Year’s festivities? Gung Hei Fatt Choi. In Cantonese or . Gong Xi Fa Cai. In Mandarin or . Chuc Mung Nam Mui. The Asian and...
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Savouring Thoughts: November 2013
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Monday, November 11, 2013. Lest We Forget. Remembrance Day on November 11, 2013. In honour of those who fought and those who fell. May peace be our future. A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King. Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. It is up to us. It is up to you." Marian W Edelman. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Shirley Lum, Twitter @ATasteofWorld Instagram Instagram.com/A Taste of The World. Food for Thoughts Blogs. Marion Kane, Food Sleuth. What's On My Plate.
