http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/Classes xx http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2011/11/18/Capital-Bites-Cooking-With-Bruno-Euro-Eating-Festivals-Win-More-Thanksgiving-Dinners <!--paging_filter--><br /> <p class="rtecenter"><img height="333" width="500" class="caption" title="The one time where I &quot;cooked&quot; for a chef" src="/files/u144179/bruno_kitchen.jpg" /></p> <p class="rteleft">It's been a quiet-ish week in eating: a lot of really <strong>great holiday events and dishes are just on the horizon</strong>. Still, &quot;quiet&quot; doesn't mean &quot;silent.&quot; Beijing is blessed with an excellent food scene that still manages to be interesting in the most lackluster weeks (see:&nbsp;precipitation). It rained last night, but the <strong>pollution doesn't seem to have budged</strong> an iota. <strong>What can you do? Not much</strong>. What might <strong>perk you up</strong>? Delicious foods!&nbsp;How can you get a <span>totally boss</span><strong> Thanksgiving dinner</strong> (yes, another one of these competitions) at the <a href="http://www.thebeijinger.com/directory/Renaissance-Cafe"><strong>Renaissance Cafe</strong></a> for <strong>zero RMB</strong>? Read on, read on.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2011/11/18/Capital-Bites-Cooking-With-Bruno-Euro-Eating-Festivals-Win-More-Thanksgiving-Dinners">read more</a></p> http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2011/11/18/Capital-Bites-Cooking-With-Bruno-Euro-Eating-Festivals-Win-More-Thanksgiving-Dinners#comments Openings and Closings Dining Restaurants Capital Bites Chefs Classes indian Renaissance Cafe Va Va Voom vietnamese Tom O’Malley Food Susan Sheng Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0800 thebeijinger 1355162 at http://www.thebeijinger.com http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2011/08/16/Happy-Potter-From-Mud-to-Masterpiece <!--paging_filter--><p class="rtecenter"><img height="375" width="500" src="/files/u126841/201108LivingHandsOn_0.jpg" title="Unlike Ghost, a mug was made by the end of this" class="caption" /></p> <p>Back in kindergarten, my pudgy 4-year-old hands fashioned some pretty kickass Play-Doh dinosaurs, way before those other guys put them in 798. I thought myself ready for some proper training and so, with an air of juvenile confidence, I waltz right into Le Taotao Pottery Studio.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2011/08/16/Happy-Potter-From-Mud-to-Masterpiece">read more</a></p> http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2011/08/16/Happy-Potter-From-Mud-to-Masterpiece#comments Classes Pottery Tsinghua Chinese Culture Karen Chen Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0800 thebeijinger 1271502 at http://www.thebeijinger.com