One hundred and one years ago today (10-10), Taiwan was founded.

We enjoyed celebrating the Ten-Ten holiday while living in Taipei. It was a big-deal at school, then the entire country shut-down for a few days. Really not so different from America's 4th of the July - except the Chinese have way-better fireworks.

The recipe was nice, but a bit too sweet for our tastes. I would swap-out fried tofu cubes for the roasted sweet potato next time.
I did a lot of cooking this week, including one of the most popular dishes from one of the year's most popular new cookbooks - Jerusalem - by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. Best friends and Israelis - one Jewish, one Muslim - the two men operate the famed Ottolenghi restaurant in London.
I prepared (a half-recipe of) Chicken with Arak & Clementines (arak being anise liquor). Chicken (I used whole legs), fennel bulbs and sliced Clementine oranges marinated all day in the liquor, honey, fennel seed, lemon and orange juices, brown sugar, thyme, olive oil and grainy mustard.

The path project is nearly complete. "After" photos will be posted soon.
Until my next update, I remain, your ten-ten correspondent.