Adventures and Real Food
Since writing my first story about lessons I learned from my dad, he sadly passed away at the beginning of April. I’ve continued to reflect on all the things he taught me and wanted to share them here. I was also lucky enough to record an abstract of the first piece for KQED radio’s Perspectives…
There are only a couple of things in my life that I’ve found it hard to prepare for, meaning I couldn’t project how it would feel in advance. Becoming a mother and losing a parent are at the top of the list. Six weeks after losing my dad, I finally feel able to reflect a…
On April 1st, 2019, our one-of-a-kind father, Raymond Nim-Wah Chan, passed away. We are heartbroken. I gave this tribute at a celebration of his life at Loughborough Crematorium on April 12, 2019. Not long after VC and I got the long-dreaded call from our brother, Ben—at 1.15am California time—to say that Dad had finally slipped…
One of my earliest memories is being three or four and sitting on the stairs in my nightie. It’s early in the morning and it’s gloomy outside. I’m holding a cup—still warm from the coffee it just held, now gone—and I’m using a teaspoon to scrape the coffee-flavored, sugar crystals from the bottom of the…
Petaluma, the charming “working” town in south Sonoma County—and the place I call home— is a notoriously tough location for restauranteurs to succeed. As a result, I have learned to bide my time when a new kid hits the block, and see how it fares in the community before putting pen to paper. I’m glad…
A bit about me... I grew up in the UK and moved to Northern California in the late 1990s, drawn here, like so many others, by the lure of the dot.com ...
