Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!經典懷舊之美!

I truly love classic & nostalgia items

.They are simply beautiful & full of wisdom,rather like drinking port in the middle of the afternoon
"Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!"
喜歡懷舊的物品.
經典而古老的器物,溫潤又有暖意,有靜恬之美.每回審視,都依舊動人.
珍愛的物品,眷戀的生活方式,對每一個人而言,真正必要的東西也大不相同.
人吶,總要有一些堅持,因為這些堅持的不同,才顯得如此有趣.

Maybe being yourself is a wisdom!接受不完好,活出自己!

我們在時間空間,汪洋般的資訊裡,一遍遍搜尋著雲端上關於自己的連結,分享我們的想法,我們自戀地,不斷地在社群網路上更新狀態...但這是我們要找的答案?還是一個真的能夠療癒我們的藥方呢?

過了人生大半輩子,我怎麼還在習慣跟擁抱真實的自己呀?

Maybe being yourself is always a wisdom!

{好食材和好男人一樣,不會從天而降Where there is food there are always miracles!}

旅行對我的改變若從最實際層面來看,其一是我的廚功增強,其二是口味的改變.

雖然’出遠門’前,就常自我感覺良好的挽袖在廚房揮刀弄鏟,卻總不耐只為烹煮三餐搞得灰頭土臉,很快就乏了倦了!

倒是在旅行的路途上,手上的荷包常超不給力,卻有著大把時間可揮灑,因此每一餐都是挑戰我對食物本來的認知.邊嚐邊感知,邊煮邊學,也要不斷實作嘗新,加上天生好奇異國風情料理,這增強了我對食材的配對功力.這就好比好食材和好男人一樣,它(他?)不會從天而降,喜歡就得主動出擊呀!

(話說..對一個孤家寡人的我,在這裡大聲嚷嚷提出這樣的論點,似乎有自打嘴巴之嫌啊?)

其實每份食材要想辦法把它們配對送做堆,絕不是天外飛來一筆無厘頭接龍,個個排排站,看似風馬不相及的食材,彼此間確有條隱形的紅線牽繫著..只要你養成隨時注意食材搭配間的變化跟巧妙,保證你爐開水沸前,早已贏得起跑點.

我喜歡旅行,喜歡吃,也喜歡跟在地食材博感情.總覺得每個國家地區文化,都有因應在地氣候,食材,民情風俗而累積發揚光大的指標菜色.

食物對旅人就是一場流動盛宴.為什麼會有這道菜?為什麼要用這個食材?這道菜又是如何改變甚至影響一個國家?每道家鄉菜都有其歷史脈絡,一片pizza可以談馬可波羅,一碗熱騰騰的越南魚湯米粉,肯定有它深情的故事,一盤黑白切也可以訴說起台灣的真庶民文化.

我對食物有強烈的好奇心,也喜歡幫食材牽姻緣線,更喜歡在經典菜色裡融入新的元素!很奇妙的是,這個過程你很自然開始學習重新看待.而,新舊交融產生的變化和撞擊,也讓我的心更加柔軟和謙卑.

{Where there is food there are always miracles!}

Personally, I find cookbooks aren’t so much about what’s for dinner as they are about a world of abundant & creative choice.

The image here is my new experimental recipe.You could replace with the Japanese “rice koji鹽麴”instead of fermented balck rice,if you can find it in Asian stores.It will give the roasted pork a sweet yummy tast & a touch of an exotic Asian touch!

{Cat’s lives in Daxi相逢似相似}

我總以為,我偷偷以為..只要在某個角落靜靜看著她們,以偶能摸摸她瞬間不跑為非常樂事!

就夠了.

{聖誕節Christmas}

與親人摯友共品共享~
2016聖誕快樂!
I wish every one have a beautiful,peaceful & a Merry Christmas!

{Gift of the Magic}

不管你準備好了沒,明天就是聖誕夜了!

送禮物是一種才能,知道一個人要什麼,在什麼時候送,用什麼方式得到它,要送的好,送的巧,送的妙!Oh,Yes.Christmas is all about gifts.Nothing but gifts.

Giving presents is such a talent...to give it lovingly and well.

But such gifts!Those gifts of spirit & love,which is probably we can’t find them at malls or in mail-order on line.Gifts tied with heartstrings is gift of joy you give yourself.& to truly open our hearts to receive such gifts gratefully!

啊!聖誕節是禮物的節日.聖誕節禮物是特別的禮物!那些禮物是用愛和心意包裝起來的,所以我們在百貨公司或網路商場是找不到的.

我們真心送出這些禮物,心懷感激地接受這些禮物,也去感受到節日的歡欣,就是你送給自己的一份開心的禮物!

Christmas just won’t be Christmas without any presents.

如果沒有禮物,聖誕節就不是聖誕節.

{我家的酒釀湯糰}Sticky rice dumplings in sweet fermented rice soup

優雅細緻的菜市場手工酒釀,加上隔壁攤阿嬤的手搓湯圓,剛起鍋時,又熱又香~~

我一口接一口吞食這圓滾滾的湯糰,口裡的米麴酒釀發酵後的甜在我嘴裡舞動翻飛,歌頌讚美給你看之時,忍不住想,這些數位神技平台出現前,我的美好時光到底是怎麼跟好朋友分享的啊?

而,這些雲端上的數位神技,著實應善用,不該辜負.

現在的難題是,到底是哪個神技平台適用呢?

Happy Dongzhi冬至Big love for everyone!

節錄一小段維基兄的冬至吃湯圓解讀,跟外國朋友宣揚一下中國文化的溫暖和愛!

冬至Dongzhi-

The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar.,Dongzhi is winter’s extreme,literally.The term for the winter solstice as midwinter in English.

It usually begins around 21 December,ends around 5 January.

In Old days,Dongzhi was originally celebrated as an end-of-harvest festival.

Today,it is a family reunion over the long night.When pink & white tangyuan(sticky rice dumplings)are eaten in sweet broth to symbolise family unity & prosperity.