Classics in Any Language Not to be outdone by Dad's new iPad acquisition, Margaret enjoys a new Kindle, loaded with her favorite classics like Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Gone With the Wind. She first read the novels in high...

Grandma said eating black rice and black sesame made my hair shiny, black and healthy. She fed me black sesame soup (zhima tang), sticky rice balls oozing with sweet black sesame paste (tangyuan) and black sesame candy. Black rice and black sesame has...

I love breaking corn bread – or slurping a bowl of pho beef noodle soup—for fun, health and a better world. Here's we go noodle crazy in the oodles of noodles aisle with Quick Tips: Asian Noodles! Unlike Italian wheat...

Wilderness camping in Alaska! We got dropped off by the Alaska State Railroad in the middle of nowhere. All I see is a mile marker 238.6, which I nervously typed in my last text home, in case of a "missing...

As an Atlanta native, chef instructor and tour guide, Buford Highway as a community is special in my life in more ways than one. We ate there growing up before it was trendy (none of our friends were interested in...

The Hot Pot, also known as huo guo, Mongolian Hot Pot, Chinese Fondue, or shabu-shabu in Japanese, boasts a history of over 1000 years (!) With a simmering pot of stock in the center of the table and an array...

  Fun, unique, interactive, impactful. VIRTUAL. Great for team-building, diversity, health-wellness, teams, conferences, presentations. Custom themes, standalone or part of a program. Perfect for remote and global teams. Email Natalie to set up a free, custom consultation to help your...

Winner, winner, stir-fry dinner. We are so excited to share that You Saucy Thing - Soy Ginger Vidalia sauce is the winner of the Sauces & Seasonings category of the University of Georgia’s Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest. Narrowed...

NEW Winter Chinese Cooking Classes: Perfect Stir Fry, Asian Dumplings Farm to Wok: The Perfect Stir Fry + Authentic Fried Rice – Home Chef Secrets– from nuts to bolts, or shall we say “from farm to wok!” plus busy cook...

Black, Hispanic Kids Targeted by Ads for Junk Foods Education, awareness (and exercise) are needed from all sides to address poor eating habits and improve children's health especially in low income communities: parents, kids, schools. Media isn't to blame but...

Food For Thought: Choco-vism? Call it Choco-vism. South Korean activists and North Korean defectors launched balloons laden with Choco Pies at North Korea this week after the popular chocolate treat reportedly became the target of a government crackdown. Nearly 200...

Everything important and memorable in my life has revolved around food. It’s been my enemy, friend, and salvation. From being allergic to almost everything as a baby to becoming a “raccoon foodie” who eats anything as an adult, it’s a...

Our "Chief Eating Officer" and Sauce Maven, Natalie Keng, is proud to announce our partnership with Garnish & Gather. Garnish & Gather is locally source meal subscription program founded in the fall of 2012 by Emily Golub out of her desire...

My mom invented Chinese fast food long before Panda Express ever came along. She told friends, “I worked full-time as a school teacher, had three kids, and they didn’t sell tofu or soy sauce at the local Winn-Dixie grocery store...

Good friend and musician Kevin So catches Natalie, Founder/Owner of Chinese Southern Belle, on improv car soapbox sharing thoughts on food, family and community...spontaneous food for thought. https://youtu.be/cSh918c0A3s How do you define being an American? How does food and culture...

  Natalie shares about growing up in Smyrna, Georgia and how family dinners and fusion comfort food like "five spice rutabaga" and mom's Hot Hunan Catfish helped her cope with being different and one of the few Asian families in...