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Su-Jit Lin

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Copy machine & teller of tales. Type A+, neurotically thorough, and probably over my word count (and in over my head) 💁🏻‍♀️
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How the Infectious Joy of My Dog Got Me Moving-Again and Again

How the Infectious Joy of My Dog Got Me Moving-Again and Again

REI Co-op Journal — Gingerly, Lieutenant Baxter Bear put one paw literally in front of another, crossing right over left, left over right to center his balance. His arthritic elbows were increasingly unyielding; medication, acupuncture and physical therapy could only do so much.
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The Last Generation: The Fadeaway of Chinese Takeout Kids | Good Food Jobs

The Last Generation: The Fadeaway of Chinese Takeout Kids | Good Food Jobs

goodfoodjobs.com — Chinese restaurants around the United States are closing and owners say "that's a good thing." But how do the children who were raised in them feel about the erasure of their uniquely shared childhood experience? This essay is the collective story of four family restaurant owners' children: Donna Kwok, Mike Wang, Brian Cheng, and our [...]
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My mother the sparrow: Lessons from a humble mother

My mother the sparrow: Lessons from a humble mother

Al Jazeera — 'Don't be like me,' has been my mother's mantra for as long as I can remember. My mother is a sparrow. Humble, small. Muted of colour and quick to dart away for cover at attention. She fades into the underbrush with a flit of a wing, a whisper of a rustle ...
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The 14 best Airbnbs in Atlanta, from a luxury apartment in Midtown to a secluded tree house in th...

The 14 best Airbnbs in Atlanta, from a luxury apartment in Midtown to a secluded tree house in th...

Business Insider — Private guesthouse near historic Marietta Square, $75 Like a stay at grandma's house, this guesthouse feels homey, comfortable, and familiar, with simple but fun accents from the yellow bed quilt and floral ottoman to the antique pinball machine in the living area.
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What the Hell Is Grimace, McDonald's Beloved Purple Blob?

What the Hell Is Grimace, McDonald's Beloved Purple Blob?

Yahoo Life — The answer is on the tip of your tongue...
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How This Restaurateur Is Using Technology-and His Mom's Recipes-to Reinvent Chinese Takeout

How This Restaurateur Is Using Technology-and His Mom's Recipes-to Reinvent Chinese Takeout

Eating Well — Mike Wang's MÓGŪ is delivering Chinese traditional recipes with modern technology. The result? A healthier takeout order that you can feel good about. When Mike Wang immigrated to the United States as a child, he was baffled by Chinese food here.
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Do spices go bad? This is how you know it's time to toss them

Do spices go bad? This is how you know it's time to toss them

INSIDER — Spices don't typically go bad past their expiration date - but they do lose flavor and potency. Whole spices will outlast ground ones and can be good for as long as four years when stored properly. To extend the shelf life of spices, put them in airtight glass jars and keep in a cool, dark space.
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These Are the Best Frozen Chicken Tenders | Eat This Not That

These Are the Best Frozen Chicken Tenders | Eat This Not That

Eat This, Not That! — Thick, hefty slabs of solid, juicy chicken, bright and pure under a coat of golden crust that envelopes the meat. The crust is like a salty bronze armor, keeping the chicken it enrobes moist until you crack its surface open to a glorious eruption of steam and juice escaping suddenly from its shell, a shell whose brittle garlic, pepper, and paprika-spiced crumbs leave trails of telltale evidence of satisfaction achieved.
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Underrated Towns to Hit on Your Next Long Island Getaway

Underrated Towns to Hit on Your Next Long Island Getaway

Thrillist — Long Island, New York is... well, long. It's 118 miles across, yet most New Yorkers miss a good 75% of it as they barrel down the Long Island Expressway in a rush to reach the Hamptons.
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Vibe-Killing Foods You Should Avoid On Valentine's Day

Vibe-Killing Foods You Should Avoid On Valentine's Day

HuffPost — It's easy to plan for the best-case Valentine's Day scenario: You're in control of lighting the candles, setting the playlist, getting the flowers, and so on. But even the best-laid plans for getting laid can be easily felled by biology.
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How to Create Your Own Feast to Celebrate Chinese New Year

How to Create Your Own Feast to Celebrate Chinese New Year

Real Simple — A feasting day with food drenched in more symbolism than sauce and traditions as rich as the fortunes we hope for, Chinese New Year is the most important holiday of the year for Chinese folks around the world. Here's how to design your feast.
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Are Those "Clearance" Meats Really Safe to Eat?

Are Those "Clearance" Meats Really Safe to Eat?

Allrecipes — I'm a pro budget shopper and loud and proud of it. But what people may not realize is that this status means being a bold and fearless consumer, willing to try new proteins and produce... and old ones too. In some cases, especially old.
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Why Cast-Iron Skillets Rule | Yummly

Why Cast-Iron Skillets Rule | Yummly

yummly.com — Photograph by Brittany Conerly The holidays may long be over, but let's face it - the weather outside is still frightful, and the fire respectively delightful. How better to channel cozy comfort than with a cast-iron skillet? Its homey hearth-cooking vibe and the long list of this pan's practical applications will make you fall in love with it.
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How to 'Speak' Other Love Languages When Touch is Off the Table

How to 'Speak' Other Love Languages When Touch is Off the Table

Yahoo Lifestyle — Nearly three decades ago, Dr. Gary Chapman identified and popularized the concept of five love languages, which revolutionized the way people analyze their relationships and how we care for one another. Chapman identified them as Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Gift-Giving or Receiving, Acts of Service, and Touch.
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The Key to Better Cooking Is Knowing Your Butter-Here's the Guide You Need

The Key to Better Cooking Is Knowing Your Butter-Here's the Guide You Need

The Spruce Eats — Butter is a kitchen staple nearly all the world over. We bake with it, cook with it, dip in it, and occasionally just slather it across things in all its rich, luxurious glory. We love it (most of us) and often take it for granted.
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In My Divorce, I Lost the Family Zucchini

In My Divorce, I Lost the Family Zucchini

The Kitchn — When two people who once loved each other, pledged to share a life together, to grow together, decide to separate in divorce, many things are lost. There are big things; the things that are shared. Usually it's money. Sometimes it's a house, a car. Often it's time, particularly with children or a pet.
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5 Easy Ways To Make Restaurant Takeout Food Healthier

5 Easy Ways To Make Restaurant Takeout Food Healthier

HuffPost — In the days before COVID-19, the concept of going out to eat always connoted a caloric splurge. Bring on the fats! The sodium! The sugary drinks and desserts! The carbiest of all the carbs! It's a special occasion and time to #treatyoself! But today, it looks more than a little different.
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How Much Does a Wedding Videographer Cost?

How Much Does a Wedding Videographer Cost?

BRIDES — Despite months and maybe even years of planning, your wedding day is fleeting. Fast-paced and exhilarating, this day passes like a summer storm. It's for this fleetingness that hiring a photographer is an absolute must. But if a single picture is worth a thousand words, how many is a captured moment of live-action worth?
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Eat Sustainably, Invite Trash Fish to the Table

Eat Sustainably, Invite Trash Fish to the Table

Allrecipes — Lobster's gaining some company in the "rags to riches" tale of seafood gone bougie. Beyond monkfish and escargot, "trash fish" is on its way to a renaissance--as it should be. With today's sustainable sensibilities, it's time to diversify the fish we eat and set the trend for what's next in seafood.
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Mall Chicken Made Me Feel More American

Mall Chicken Made Me Feel More American

Thrillist — There's one in every mall. It's so generic and commonplace that, like "New York Pizza," it doesn't even get a proper sign in its appearance in Stranger Things' Starcourt Mall food court.
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The Surprising Way My Immigrant Parents Had My Family Spend Thanksgiving Changed My Life

The Surprising Way My Immigrant Parents Had My Family Spend Thanksgiving Changed My Life

HuffPost — I grew up the eldest of four to immigrant parents who owned a Chinese restaurant in a strip mall in suburban Long Island, New York. My siblings and I were what we call "take out kids." We were the kids who were raised behind a Formica counter that hid boxes of fortune cookies and duck sauce.
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The Ultimate Guide to Rainbow-Cookie-Inspired Treats on Long Island

The Ultimate Guide to Rainbow-Cookie-Inspired Treats on Long Island

Edible Long Island — Rainbows are a source of joy all the world over. Folklore, art and songs have been inspired by them, from Ireland to Japan and Germany to the Hawaiian islands and Hollywood. However, we in the Italian-American cradle that is the New York and New Jersey area may have claim to perhaps the best creation to share the name of this natural phenomenon: the rainbow cookie.
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This Lindenhurst Restaurant Donates 100% of its Proceeds to Charity

This Lindenhurst Restaurant Donates 100% of its Proceeds to Charity

Edible Long Island — The concept of the healing power of food is not a new one. We eat to nourish our bodies. To combat illness. To fight lethargy or sadness. Beyond what's the table, we gather it to strengthen relationships, to mend fences, to build foundations. But what if we thought bigger?
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A Cuban Consciousness

A Cuban Consciousness

TravelPulse — Down to her gently wagging tail, she was the color of the honey harvested at the Color Miel community art project center we'd just left in Caibarien, Cuba. Her puppy-dog eyes were much the same-a viscous, liquid gold, gleaming bright in the midday sun.
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