When I was a little boy, triangular indigo-and-white glutinous rice dumplings were an annual treat. Auntie Tan, my late god-mother, made these bamboo leaf-wrapped bundles to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. The festival is also known to the Chinese as Du?nw? JiĆ© ??? or Double Fifth as it is observed on the fifth day of…
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Two weeks ago, the world stood together and shed happy tears for the royal union between one simple Kate Middleton and His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, Baron Carrickfergus, Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Master of Arts (that’s His Royal Highness’…

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