My family is so excited to celebrate one of our favorite Chinese celebrations soon. It’s called the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節, Zhōngqiū Jié). The celebration is around the new fall moon so under the lunar calendar this year it will be on Friday, September 13, 2019. Many countries in Asia observe this festival including Taiwan, China, …
Easy Mooncake Recipe for the Mid-Autumn Festival Read More »
Welcome to the Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop! The Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop is a place where bloggers can share multicultural activities, crafts, recipes, and musings for our creative kids. We can’t wait to see what you share this time! Created by Frances of Discovering the World through My Son’s Eyes, the blog hop …
Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop #66: Chinese Dumplings Read More »
Christmas has gone by in the blink of an eye, and before we know it it will be Easter. But, before that, many people around the world will observe Lent. Although as a Muslim I don’t observe it, being from Poland there’s one tradition associated with Lent that I still cultivate: Fat Thursday. Fat Thursday is …
Polish Angel Wings Pastries: “Chrust” or “Faworki” Read More »
I love the winter season! It’s cold outside and, surprisingly, it is the season that my kids have no trouble finishing their plates. The reason? Because it is also the season that we eat lots of different types of stampot complemented with apple sauce or apple/cranberry sauce. Cranberry sauce is the American integration at our …
Stampot, a One-Pot Dutch Winter Dish – with 3 Recipes Read More »
Give the Gift of History & Culture Teaching our children how to cook dishes from our own cultures is a gift we all pass down to our children naturally. However, have you ever thought about giving the gift of traditional cooking tools? Giving the tools used by our ancestors to cook foods we still eat …