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Celebrating Chinese New Year with Po Po’s Famous Pork Belly, Potato and Taro Dish
Chinese Culture

Celebrating Chinese New Year with Po Po’s Famous Pork Belly, Potato and Taro Dish

February 3, 2022February 5, 2022 wanderernolongerLeave a comment

Now we can order wo tao kow yuk any day of the week, but this New Year's dish made from a pig's belly was meant to be a once-a-year treat: the ultimate marriage of layers and layers of pig fat with two starches to soak up all the yummy goodness.

past-presence.com Book review: In search of your Asian roots by Sheau-yueh J. Chao
Chinese Culture · Chinese Genealogy

Book review: In search of your Asian roots by Sheau-yueh J. Chao

November 7, 2020November 18, 2020 wanderernolonger2 Comments

In this post, I review the book "In search of your Asian Roots" by SJ Chao and ask: what genealogy problems can this book help solve?

www.pastpresence.com How to tackle your first big photo scanning project – my collection of 5 blogs about scanning
Photo and film scanning

How to tackle your first big photo scanning project – my collection of 5 blogs about scanning

August 1, 2020November 8, 2020 wanderernolonger6 Comments

This is a collection of blog posts about photo scanning gleaned from my experiences from 2013 to today scanning and archiving 35K+ images.

Lily Young, a Rosie Riveter, in Vancouver, BC Our families in WWII: The 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day
Stories of WWII · Womens History

Our families in WWII: The 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day

May 6, 2020November 9, 2020 wanderernolongerLeave a comment

The Toronto Sun interviews Lesley Anderson and I about our families in WWII

Past-Presence.com Artwork. © 2020 All rights reserved. Women’s History Month – Lily’s War
Chinese Genealogy · Photo History · Stories of WWII · Womens History

Women’s History Month – Lily’s War

March 1, 2020October 29, 2022 wanderernolonger8 Comments

For Womens History Month, I look at the hidden story of Lily's time in WWII.

How to find your surname in Chinese
Chinese Culture · Chinese Genealogy · Genealogy How Tos

How to find your surname in Chinese

March 18, 2019November 8, 2020 wanderernolonger5 Comments

Here is the post I wish I'd read 20 years ago: How to find a Chinese surname if you only know your name in English

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