d o c t o r a n d m a m a
Linda Shiue
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
- Birthday
- December 31
- Bio
- I am a physician and spend my free time with my husband and kids, reading everything in sight, eating, traveling, and cooking meals inspired by my travels. These days I'm spending more time at my food blog, spiceboxtravels.com. Please visit me there and follow me on Twitter @spiceboxtravels.
Disclaimer: Health information presented here is not intended nor recommended as a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions.
© 2010-12 Linda Shiue. All Rights Reserved.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Images of San Francisco's
Chinatown, Year of the Dragon
2012
February 15, 2012 01:05PM - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of
Service
January 15, 2012 11:10PM - Pain d'Epices au Chocolat
(Chocolate Spice Bread)
September 08, 2011 06:01PM - A Food Tour of Paris with
David Lebovitz as My Muse
September 05, 2011 03:23PM - Bicycles, Books, and Ginger
Beer on the 4th of July
July 01, 2011 02:32AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thank you all for the
warm welcome back!”
February 18, 2012 11:57AM - “Thanks so much for
stopping by! Yes,
spiceboxtravels.com is
my new
food blog and…”
February 17, 2012 09:39AM - “Much joy and peace to
you, Kathy.”
December 27, 2011 11:30AM - “Thanks Catherine! My
kids + I loved this!”
October 29, 2011 08:27PM - “@Gemini74, thanks so
much! I am glad that your
family enjoyed
this recipe and
tha…”
October 18, 2011 11:28PM
Linda Shiue's Links
- Follow me on Twitter
- @spiceboxtravels
- My Food Blog
- Spicebox Travels
- ___ and Culture
- Mean [Little] Girls
- Perseverance
- Brain Scans Can Read Your Mind
- Health Care Reform and Insurance
- Havasupai and DNA Research
- Being Ian McEwan
- Taiwan's American Idol Channels Whitney Houston
- Weight Watchers and McDonalds Team Up
- Cookies You Can Believe In
- Don't Let Them Eat Cake: Jenny Craig Goes to Paris
- NYC Children and Pop Tarts
- In My Life
- Fire Destroys Neighborhood in SF Suburb
- A Wedding Day
- 15 Minutes for Fifth Company Village, Trinidad, and Naipaul
- Being A Girl in the 1970s
- How Not To Keep A Secret
- Becoming Your Parents' Caregiver
- My Little Pink Bedroom
- Inspiring
- What's Even Better Than Composting? Seeds From Your Kitchen
- MLK Asked: What Are You Doing For Others?
- A Photo Tour of San Francisco's Murals on Dia de los Muertos
- Live Ammunition Removed from Soldier's Skull
- Springtime at Kew Gardens, England
- Teaching Compassion to Kindergartners
- Holi, Indian Festival of Color
- Trinidad Carnival
- A Day of Service to Honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Civil Rights Through A Child's Eyes: MLK Jr.
- How to Help Haiti Today
- Altruism
- How Green Feels: A Meditation on Color
- Green Gardening With Goats
- Two Women Share the Nobel Prize in Medicine
- Eat Pie for a Cause!
- Multicultural Children's Books
- Ingenuity, Resilience, Chronic Illness and a Cute Pet Trick
- Beautiful, Memorable Food
- Mango Season in Hilo, with Mango Mochi
- Quiche Mexicaine
- Hawaiian French Toast with Coconut Syrup
- Chinese Braised Pork Stew
- Guinness Stout Three Ways
- Molecular Gastronomy: Modernist Cuisine
- Persian Walnut-Pomegranate Chicken Stew (Fesenjan)
- Trinidadian Callaloo
- Not-Brazilian Meyer Lemon Caipirinha
- Vietnamese Shaking Beef (Bo Luc Lac)
- Valentine's Day Aphrodisiacs
- Mango Lassi Frozen Yogurt Dosas
- Chinese Dumplings and New Year Food
- Polenta with Chili Ragu
- Welsh Rabbit for Rabbit Buns
- Lentil Soup for a Small Planet
- Prosperous Pineapple Upside-Down Cakes
- Moroccan Dates
- Bittersweet Chocolate Pistachio Cookies and Salted Caramel Shortbread
- Dickens and Mulled Wine
- Holiday Cookie Bling
- Thanksgiving International Relations
- Training Meals
- Mexican Spiced Pumpkin Flan for Day of the Dead
- Naturally Blondies
- Rejuvenate Me with Apples
- If Gauguin Made Bostock
- White Bean, Prosciutto and Arugula Bruschetta
- Cambodian Coconut Lemongrass Curry Fish Mousse (Amok)
- Love and Mooncakes
- The Secret Life of Beets
- Strawberry Victoria Sponge Cake
- Socialist Scones
- Love Is... Sangria Verde
- Ginger-Peach Tarts to Make You Live Forever
- Corn and Maple Sugar Spoonbread Brulee
- Caramelized Tomato Tarte Tatin
- Maltese Tomato Bread Sandwich
- Who's Afraid of Asian Dessert Soups?
- Watermelon on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
- Dulce de Leche Ice Cream Alfajores
- Grilled Eggplant Rolls with Zesty Minted Feta
- Opa! Salon Hot Dogs
- Of Old Jamaica Pour Three Strong
- Chutney: the Food and the Music
- Get Out of San Francisco Picnic
- Silk Road Lamb Burgers
- Looking for Shrimp in All the Wrong Places
- Spicy California Rolls
- Seeking World Peas
- Spotted Dick and Other Curiosities of the English Larder
- What the Dads Cooked for Mother's Day Brunch
- Cooking Pastelles with Auntie Doll
- For My Mother, A Different Flavor of Granola
- West African Groundnut Stew
- Egg Salad for Afternoon Tea
- Vegetarian Meat
- Sesame-Ginger Chicken Wings and a Lesson in Frugality
- Chilaquiles Verdes for the Morning After San Patricio's Day
- Chocolate Guinness Cake
- Secret (Menus) and Lies
- Tea and Infamy
- Frijoles, Platanos y Mojitos for Our Cuban Chinese Tio
- Ice Cream for the Jamaican Bobsled Team
- Red Hot Red Velvet Cake
- In the Mood for Love, A Vintage Chinese Valentine
- Samoas: Tell Me About Your Cookie
- Chips and Salsa... and Chapulines
- "It Takes A Village" Meyer Lemon-Scented Rice Pudding
- Love, and Taiwanese Beef Stew Noodle Soup
- A Decadent Brunch, New Orleans Style
- My First Quiche
- Taiwanese Hotpot: Everyone's a Cook
- Curry Tattoo: A Tribute to the Cuisine of Trinidad
- Thanksgiving Without the Turkey
- Peranakan Food in Singapore: Kaya Toast
- Japanese Fish Waffles: Taiyaki
- What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You
- Dangerous Fashion, Part Two: Botox for Teens
- Dangerous Fashion: Circle Lenses Risk Blindness for Beauty
- Pesticides and ADHD
- Research On Hallucinogens for Medical Use
- Would You Want A Robot Doctor?
- Planning a Vacation Can Make You Happy
- Hospital Food
- Supersizing Serving Sizes
- When Your Body Is Donated To Science, Involuntarily
- Genetic Screening or Eugenics?
- The UK Will Now Cover Paternity Leave. Should We?
- Can Weight Loss Drugs Kill You?
- When NOT Composting Leads to Divorce
- Are Antidepressants Effective?
- 5 Tips for Happy, Healthy Holidays
- Flu Alert!
- Is This Still Good?
- Walking As Exercise?
- Sleep More, Get Fewer Colds
- Vitamin D- Your New Supervitamin
- Multitasking Brain?
- Is This a Cold, the Fu, or Allergies?
- Why Am I Still Coughing?
- New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines 2009
- Healthy Travel with Kids
- True Confessions: Parenting
- New Year's Resolutions from My First Grader
- Stealing Halloween Candy at School
- How Not to Impress Famous People
- Hearing Lost, Confidence Found
- A Summer Reading List for Raising a Globally Aware Reader
- Why I Torture My Kids with Chinese School
- Dave Eggers' 826 Valencia: Hatching Young Writers
- Guest Post: Banana + Chocolate for Valentine's Day
- Rat Brains and Chemistry Sets
- Mama, What's for Lunch?
- Birthday Party Etiquette
- Coping With a Child's Diagnosis
- Growing Up So Fast
- Is There a Wrong Way to Praise Your Kids?
- Baby Einstein=Baby Genius?
- Getting Your Kids to Talk
- Kids and Imaginary Friends
- Sibling Rivalry
- When Is a Kid Old Enough to Call Friends on the Phone?
- What I'm Reading
- My posts on Food52
- My articles on Salon
- Beautiful, Memorable Food
- asia! through asian eyes
- Motherlode
- showthelove.com
Last weekend marked the official end of the Chinese/Lunar New Year Celebrations ushering in the Year of the Dragon. I had the chance to meander through the oldest Chinatown in the United States, in San Francisco. The photos show the old and the new, commerce and tradition, ending with a c… Read full post »
This summer I had the wonderful opportunity to travel for a
month on a French-themed trip, which included two weeks in Paris.
I've written before about how
I became such a Francophile. Starting this week, I'll
begin a series of posts on my food adventures. … Read full post »
This gorgeous bunch of flowering garlic chives (jiu
cai in Mandarin) caught my eye in the market this morning. It
brought me back to my childhood, when my mother grew these in
luxurious abundance in our garden. These are commonly used
throughout Asia in various savory dishes. Ga… Read full post »
On the US mainland, we may not think
of mangoes as having a season, but for those who live in the
tropics around the world, mango season is something to mark on the
calendar, not to be missed. There is no fruit as seductively
luscious and velvety as… Read full post »
Quiche for Cinco de Mayo? Since when was quiche Mexican food?
Well, it's not. But there is an explanation for why I was inspired to make a quiche with Mexican flavors. Today is Cinco de Mayo, a day of revelry celebrated by Americans of all cultures in honor of
… Read full post »
Have you ever sprouted an avocado pit in a cup of water on your kitchen windowsill? For many of us, this is a first step in exploring the world of science. It's a fun and satisfying way to awaken your inner gardener.
I had fun reading a recent NYT article, Seeds… Read full post »
What would be your last wish on your final morning in Hawaii? Catch the sunrise? A last minute dip into the Pacific? Or perhaps one last exploration of tide pools, looking for crabs, starfish, and sea turtles?
After a glorious week in the sun, while the rest of us were… Read full post »
St. Patrick's Day is this Thursday and I've been thinking up a menu to celebrate the day. There's nothing wrong with that old Irish-American standby, corned beef and cabbage, but if you want to try something a little different, I've created a menu ba… Read full post »
I have a travel tic. No, not the plastic bags I carry along
because they come in handy. While I travel to explore the
unfamiliar, the first thing I always do when I arrive is to make
myself at home. Whether it's a room in a hostel,… Read full post »
If ever there were a human definition of dynamo, it is Alan.
He appears on a lark, and disappears just as quickly.
But in the precious moments that he is with you, Alan makes
an impression.
He is making his living these days as
… Read full post »
There's a charming and charismatic Bread Man at our local
farmers market whose stall was our first stop every Saturday.
Besides selling a wide variety of delicious bread, he'd also
always offer a smile and treats for our kids. "Your daughters
are beautiful," he'd say… Read full post »
Houston, Texas's most populated city, also has the third
largest population of Vietnamese Americans in the country,
numbering 64,000 in the most recent Census. My friend Truong
tells me that of those 64,000, 80 are in his immediate
family.
Like many Vietnamese, Truo… Read full post »
I couldn't wait to eat the Indian vegetarian special meal I
had requested on the flight that took me to my junior year abroad
in Singapore. This was pre-internet, if you can remember
those days, and I had gotten the "insider" advice to order this
meal from… Read full post »
Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year 4709, or 2011 in the Western calendar. It's the year of the Rabbit, the fourth sign in the Chinese zodiac. If you were born in 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, or 2011, this is your year… Read full post »
During football season, I listen with amazement as my
colleague Alison talks about the weekend's game with the guys at
work. "Could you believe that pass? I thought that [Name of Famous
Football Player I Don't Know] really screwed that one up. I
was really expecting… Read full post »
I've bragged before about my hidden talent-- the ability to
understand foreign-accented English, perfected through years
of international
Thanksgiving potlucks. Alas, I do have an Achilles
heel. It's the Scottish brogue. Don't you just love it?
It's musical, cade/… Read full post »
Alfred, Lord Tennyson advised us to
"ring out the old, ring in the new" on New Year's Day.
One of our friends, a wannabe rebel, would agree.
He
likes to say that traditions are made
to be broken. I am not sure about that--… Read full post »
In her autobiographical novel, Hideous
Kinky (1992), British novelist Esther Freud,
great-granddaughter of Sigmund, writes from the perspective of her
six-year-old self of the time she spent in 1960s Marrakech,
Morocco. She lived there with her elder sister, Bell/… Read full post »
I don't like to lie to my children, I really don't.
Lying is wrong, plus I have never been able to keep my own stories
straight. So what do I do when my little ones ask me if
Santa is real? I say yes. I know,… Read full post »
This is a story about Thanksgiving traditions and my hidden talent.
(More on the talent later.) Those of us who can't trace
our ancestry to the Mayflower are left to create our own
Thanksgiving traditions. As a result, I think I had the best
Thanksgivings of a… Read full post »
In a few weeks, the roads will be congested with cars full of
families on their way to Thanksgiving gatherings. Airports,
bus, and train terminals will be crowded, and delays will fray
nerves. Kids will be whining, "Are we there yet?"
Believe it or not, I'm… Read full post »
It's Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. This
Mexican holiday dates back thousands of years to the Aztecs,
who honored a goddess named Mictecacihuatl. It is believed
that during this festival, spirits are able to intermingle with and
visit the living. i/… Read full post »
In the spirit of the season, here's a true tale from last
Halloween.
I blame it on the full moon. My husband was traveling. I was rushing to pick up the kids from childcare. My cell phone rang.
At school drop off the other day, I ran into my friend Carla.
We talked about what our kids were going to be for Halloween,
and then she asked, "Do you know if there are any programs to give
away all that extra Halloween candy?"
My usual… Read full post »
"Of course, not a problem," I answered nonchalantly when my host asked me to transport a VIP guest and his wife back to their hotel. This was not anyone paparazzi would care about, but all of you readers might-- Ian McEwan based the protagonist of a recent novel on him. … Read full post »
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