G. Garvin’s new cookbook
Need some new meal ideas? Celebrity chef G. Garvin has some awesome ideas, and I’m giving away two of his cookbooks. #WinWithJae
Category: Lifestyles
“Bink and Gollie”
For this month’s prize, I’ve teamed up with New Video, the distributor of the Scholastic Storybook Treasures series, to give away two copies of the children’s DVD BINK & GOLLIE… AND MORE STORIES ABOUT FRIENDSHIP. #WinWithJae
Spinach and Kale Quiche
Spinach and kale quiche for dinner. Fresh pineapples for dessert. It’s what was for dinner tonight. Everything was really good, if I do say so myself.
“Fabio’s Italian Kitchen”
For this month’s prize, I’m giving away a copy of Fabio Viviani’s new cook book, Fabio’s Italian Kitchen ($24.99, Hyperion, 288 pages). Wanna win it? #WinWithJae
Defying stereotypes one role at a time
It has been almost three decades since Long Duk Dong made his appearance in “16 Candles,” and it doesn’t look like Hollywood’s perception of Asian men has changed all that much. Actor John Wusah turned down a chance to audition for a film, where the Asian character was there just to be made fun of. I can’t imagine that it’d be easy for an actor of any race to turn down an opportunity to work. So Kudos, Mr. Wusah.
On being served last
Have you ever waited an hour to eat at a half-empty restaurant, when you had a reservation? We did. We were repeatedly asked to wait for a table, while the hostess seated dozens of people before us, including those without reservations. Were they incompetent? Yes. Were they racist? Possibly. Have we gone back? Nope.
Dirt and Cookies
OK, so for the second year in a row, I’ve made goodie bags for my son’s birthday parties using brown paper lunch bags. They didn’t turn out nearly as cute as I fancied them to be when I was making them. But, I still like them.
Just because you didn’t see it, that doesn’t mean it never happened
There was a little boy sitting nervously on his bicycle as my dad talked to him. The boy had called my father a chink, and my father was calmly explaining that it wasn’t a nice thing to say, and that his parents would be disappointed to hear him say that to an adult. (Who’re we kidding? We all know that this kid probably learned to be a racist at home. But my father was giving him the benefit of the doubt.)