Roots and Grubs

On the way home from school, I found a bus ticket on the ground. Me: Oh yeah! A free ride. Iris: For two or just you? Me: You’re always free. Where should we go? Iris: I don’t know, where do you want to go? […]

Me: Iris, do you want some greens with dinner? Iris: What kind of greens are they? Me: Kale. Iris: Bleah, I only like bok choy. Laurie: Dada’s making homemade dumplings tomorrow. Iris (picking up the remote): Let’s skip to tomorrow’s dinner.

Iris and I took a trip to Uwajimaya today. We bought a raisin-coconut bun from Yummy House Bakery and a bullet train coloring book from Kinokuniya. I told Iris she could pick out a box of Pocky sticks as usual, but instead her eyes alighted upon Calpico Capu Capu, which are cookies shaped like ice […]

As you may know, I write a monthly taste-test column for Seattle Magazine. For a long time it wasn’t available online, but now they’re posting some of them on the magazine’s web site. For example: Ethan Stowell on Olive Oil Joseba Jiménez de Jiménez on Sherry Vinegar Tamara Murphy on Bacon You get the idea. Iris has long wanted […]

Iris and I went for a ride on the monorail this afternoon and stopped for fries at the McDonald’s at Westlake Center. While we were in line, Iris looked up at the big M, turned to me, and asked: “Dada, how do you know this place has fries?”