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Dr. Mom: How Sweet the Sweet Potato

beijingkids — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:00:09 +0800

Winter is slowly but surely coming to an end. As the days get longer and the mercury creeps up there’s something that will disappear off the streets of Beijing. No, I’m not referring to the snow! I’m talking about sweet potato. But just because the temperature is getting warmer, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t enjoy this delectable treat. This root vegetable packs a nutritional punch, and kids love it too!

The English Pianist

beijingkids — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:16:17 +0800

Love, war, betrayal, glamour and the occasional lapse of kleptomania set against the backdrop of Hong Kong - The Piano Teacher is an epic first novel that isn't easy to put down. Author Janice Y.K. Lee transports readers to the bustling streets and high society life of mid-century Hong Kong. Claire, a newlywed piano teacher, arrives in Hong Kong in 1952 and blossoms in the exotic, sweltering locale while becoming entangled in a complicated love affair with her student's chauffeur, Will Truesdale, a handsome but damaged Briton. The novel alternates between their affair and Will's earlier whirlwind romance with Trudy, a striking Eurasian socialite, during the Japanese invasion of World War II 11 years earlier.

Send A Recipe, Win a "A Fizztastic Easter" Brunch

beijingkids — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:24:37 +0800

The Hilton Beijing Wangfujing loves food as much as we do, and have offered one lucky family (2 adults, 1 child) a FREE Fizztastic Easter brunch. The catch? Simply email your favorite family recipe to imogen.kandel@beijing-kids.com for your chance to win.

All we need is:
1. Instructions on how to make your simple family-friendly dish
2. Measurements and ingredients (eg. 1 tbsp soy, 500g beef mice, etc)
3. A nice photo of the finished product (photo size should be no smaller 1MB)

It gets better! If we love your recipe, you'll see it in the next issue of beijingkids magazine. So dust off those aprons and get into the kitchen. You never know, you could be the next Jamie Oliver or Nigella Lawson!

Entries close Mon 29th March.

Vitamin D Better Than A Flu Shot?

beijingkids — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:33 +0800

Check out this interesting article published in the UK Times Online. Time to swap to a more natural remedy?

"The risk of children suffering from flu can be halved if they take vitamin D, doctors in Japan have found. The finding has implications for flu epidemics since vitamin D, which is naturally produced by the human body when exposed to direct sunlight, has no significant side effects, costs little and can be several times more effective than anti-viral drugs or vaccine.

XXL Bubbalicious Birthday

beijingkids — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:24:35 +0800

On March 28th, feast on the award-winning Sunday Brunch in Beijing as Bubbalicious turns one. Fill your plate with fresh food cooked in an open-air kitchen. Adults may enter the XXL burger competition for a chance to win a 3-night stay at the Westin Miyako Kyoto in Japan for 2.

Parents can relax, dine on XXL-sized fine food and sip Veuve Clicquot champagne (served in double magnum bottles) while their children are looked after in the kid’s lounge. The lounge is decked out with video games, toys, face painting and a kid’s buffet. From the main buffet, kids may satisfy their sweet tooth with cotton candy, ice cream, assorted candy, popcorn and hotdogs.