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Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hunan
May 8, 2008 at 1:29 AMabout 30 years ago, when Hunan food was new o the U.S. foodie, The New Yorker, one of the most highly regarded magazines in our country, announced that a place called the Hunan restaurant in San Francisco's North Beach was the best Chinese restaurant in the world. It turned out later that that was the first real Chinese restaurant that writer ha ever eaten in. And, I guess, he liked it. (Don't ask me how a fellow who hd lived in both New York and the San Francisco Bay Area (and, I think, Los Angeles) had managed to avoid Chinese food until he was well into his thirties, but the world is a strange and wonderful place.
Posted on: 功夫之王
May 6, 2008 at 3:08 AMIs he wearing dreads?
Posted on: Cat in the Hat
May 6, 2008 at 12:35 AMIf you want to spend money on Dr. Seuss books in Chinese (or are they bilingual?), Chinasprout.com has--or recently had--several.
Posted on: #44
May 3, 2008 at 11:00 PMCan't wait for the new show. Doubly can't wait for MM #45.
Posted on: #44
May 3, 2008 at 1:20 AMHow come no CPod rep has responded to our queries here? Is there a conspiracy, a cover-up going on?
Posted on: #44
April 26, 2008 at 2:27 AMSo, am I the last one to realize there will be no more Movie Madness? I could be wrong, and I certainly haven't seen an announcement, but I wonder if Amber's new contest is replacing the MM contest. But then why wasn't there an announcement? And how come no CP official personage has answered the question of where our MMs are? And why is the moon made of green cheese instead of yellow or white?
Posted on: Xīnkǔ 辛苦
April 24, 2008 at 1:05 AMI think the bread and salt is pan european, although my French friends add a bottle of red wine too. Relatives of mine from Russia even do the bread and salt routine.
Posted on: #44
April 12, 2008 at 11:25 PMCalkins--thanks. #43 is what I was looking for. Now, I'll have to play it again for my husband and see if it rings a bell. Thanks again.
Posted on: Yang Jie's Diary: The Final Episode
April 10, 2008 at 11:58 PMpatmetheny--I'm positive there was one on airline announcements--intermediate or upper intermediate, I think. If I knew how to use Goulniky's list of all CPod programs, I'd be able to tell you the number or date. But, since I can't, all Ican say is that it was podcast at least a year ago.
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hunan
May 8, 2008 at 7:48 PMYes, sugar works well because it's acidic and la4 foods are alkaline (or basic). Swallowing vinegar should help too. Perle, Bluejay--I think that the 88 BA group was the one I started and didn't do anything with. Sorry. We could resurrect it if we can figure out what we want to accomplish. Right now, my priority is finding people o talk to on a regular basis. I'm good at recognition, good at vocabulary recall tests, but nervous when participating in discussions. My ideal would be to have a weekly (or more frequent) face-to-face discussion and help-each-other group, then o use the 88 group as a supplement for grammatical discussions, reading drills, etc. And it would be cool if there were enough of us so we could afford to pay a Chinese grad student to correct us, etc. I woke up this morning, determined o use Craig's List to create such a group, but I'm not sure yet how I'm going to go about it. If you're interested, PM me at the ChinesePod forum.