Everyone Here Was Brought In by Someone
The number on our door is one staff member's birthday, and Carmen owes her start in American ginseng to a supplier who taught her to check the goods.
Every October 25 is Fosetter's anniversary, and every year the shop puts up a new theme. Carmen walks through them, and what's planned next.
How to Taste Whether Lotus Root Starch Is Pure
Several handmade lotus root starches, one tasting, and only one without a strange taste. Here is how to compare them yourself, and how to make a bowl.
I'd Love to Sell Them That Expensive. Don't Worry, I Won't.
Tea eggs in the US sell for fifteen dollars each, Carmen heard. She'd love to sell hers that expensive. She won't. Here's what goes into them.
2001, a Two-Dollar Card, and What I Learned from My Mother
I came over in 2001, and it cost two dollars to open a card at the Chinese service centre. Carmen on her first days in Montreal and what she learned from her mother.
Carmen and the Chinese Hospital, Since 2008
I volunteered there in 2008. In the blink of an eye, it's been more than ten years. This year Carmen went to the hospital's Thanksgiving celebration herself.