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12 Dishes You Should Beg Your Local Chinese Restaurant To Serve

If you're sick of General Tso's and crab rangoon, nudge your local Chinese joint to add these to the menu.

Why it’s OK to send restaurant food back

Are you really such a big deal? No. So stop worrying that you’ll make others feel awkward

What Is the Difference Between Chow Mein and Lo Mein?

If you’ve ever opened a box of Chinese take-out and it turns out to be not exactly what you ordered, you may have mixed up your meins. That’s right, there is a difference between these two popular Chinese dishes—however, the difference is probably not what you think. While it may be easy to assume that the type of noodles is what makes the dish difference, we all know what happens when you assume. Yes, you’re actually incorrect on this oneSo, if not…

Fact check: Are Hallmark cards made in China, American Greetings in Ohio?

The claim: "Hallmark cards are made in China. American Greetings made in Ohio."The most recent iteration of the claim of where popular greeting

Tips on Eating at a Chinese Restaurant Without Heartburn

Here are tips on eating out in a Chinese restaurant without getting heartburn, including which foods are likely safe and which ones you should avoid.

What I learnt eating at 8,000 Chinese restaurants

David R Chan's decades of dining at 8,000 Chinese eateries has taught him about America and himself.

Is It Really Luck After All?

One thing that Good Luck is NOT, is fate – which is purely a chance happening of a fortunate event. Indeed, pure chance (not good luck per se), is an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that cause…

Go Wake Up Your Luck

A friend of mine shared with me a Persian proverb some 30 years ago, and I've never forgotten it: "Go wake up your luck." And I've rarely found any proverb as useful or as true:

27 superstitions that might bring you bad luck

President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said: “I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.” So

Bad Luck Can Break You or Make You

Welcome to this week's edition of H.P. and Me! As we mature we realize that misfortunes and so-called “Bad Luck” can break one’s spirit, or serve as a

Luck is for those that are unprepared….

“Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.” “Luck has nothing to do wit…

What Chinese Takeout Food Are You?

5 Good Luck Charms for Your Household

May the luck of the Irish always be with you! Here are 5 ideas to help you create chill vibes and good luck into your household.

Super Cute Good Luck Diffusers!

Elephants are known to bring luck, especially when their trunks are facing upwards! Looking to bring in some luck, prosperity, and succes...

7 Animals to Bring You Good Luck

Animals enrich our lives in many ways. Here are a handful that are thought to bring us luck.

Add a Little “Luck” to Your Home Decor

A little luck is never a bad thing, right? That doesn’t mean you have to paint everything with a four-leaf clover. Here are five charms to bring some luck into your home decor: Piggy Bank: Adding a piggy bank to your home’s decor is a double whammy: not only are piggy banks or pigs seen … Continue reading Add a Little “Luck” to Your Home Decor →