Beijing, February 2011

Peking Duck. Imagine going to Beijing without eating Peking Duck. Mad if you do. It's available all over the place, Dadong is likely the best known, and I have been a huge pig there, but honestly, eat it wherever you are. You can't get bad Peking Duck in Beijing.

Right by the Shangri La Kerry Center is a small terrific lo key place with a duck smokehouse where you cant perfect, perfect Peking Duck with greens. Crisp skin, soft pancakes, smoky duck. Check the duck head out. Suck the brains out. Don't be shy, do it!

Robert reporting from Paris

There are posters all over Paris of the Gourmand Awards and the Paris Cookbook Fair. To think that Me'a Kai is now "in this world." Incredible. Win or lose the award, Pacific Cuisine now has its rightful place at the table with the French and the Italians, AND IN PARIS! Thanks to all of you whose recipes, wisdom and warmth fill the pages of Me'a Kai. This is a golden moment for us all!