Monday, July 5, 2010 at 4:00AM 
By Sandy Hu
We have been eating our way through Thailand. From the excellent breakfast buffet at the Sheraton Hua Hin hotel and resort, with its remarkable array of tropical fruit, Thai rice porridge with condiments and traditional Western breakfast food, to various restaurants and street stalls in Bangkok and surroundings, it’s been an exciting culinary adventure.
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 4:00AM 
Our youngest son, Nicholas, looked at me with a wrinkled up nose and asked, “Why do we have to start every day eating?” I replied, “It’s called breakfast little man! ‘Breaking the fast’ since the last meal you ate.” It’s hard for an energetic four year old to understand that food equals energy. After many failed attempts to nourish our boys in the morning, we’ve finally found a favorite that everyone enjoys.
Monday, June 28, 2010 at 4:00AM By Sandy Hu
Musing about July 4, John Adams wrote to Abigail, "I believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be celebrated by pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other..."
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 4:00AM By Sandy Hu
I fell into a career in food quite by accident. I fumed about an article on radish roses (dumb idea) at the publishing house where I worked and I found myself, at 25, the new food editor of a teen magazine in New York City.