\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 As I child, my great-grandfather frequently recalled, <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 His life as a chef in the imperial kitchen.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The kitchen, marvelous, was built of diamonds and gold.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He glazed the herbal spices all over the chicken.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 He wore a court dress draped with a hood.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003Stirred in freshened sauce, while the soup was boiling.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003Herbal Chicken, roast duck, the table full of great grandpa\u2019s food.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003He was sweating, the dining room was rolling.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The dynasty was destroyed, palace flooded,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When my\u00a0grand-grandfather\u00a0had to leave here,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The kitchen\u00a0collapsed,\u00a0it is where he still stuck\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 To his cooking and why it is so dear. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n My great-grandfather was eighty as his death,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He formulated skills in cuisines,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003His son began to record the journey at infancy,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003Great-grandfather died on a great hill at eighty.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I recalled the history of the old dynasty\u2019s tomb,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n My great-grand father cooks every night,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2003\u2003\u2003He was summoned and entered into emperor\u2019s room<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2003Preparing the dishes and food looks bright.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the last ten years of the decadent dynasty,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2003\u2003\u2003Colorful ingredients added in the emperors \u2018recipes.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2003\u2003\u2003\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Great-grandfather divide the dishes into different types. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2003\u2003\u2003Tomatoes, potatoes, carrots and coffee beans.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Be wildered by these gems, confused<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He thought and wandered,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhat artistry could I formable?\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At midnights stoke, he saw the light\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Potatoes pat at\u00a0caf\u00e9 de cr\u00e8me, drizzle carrots\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The emperor was pleased with his cuisine,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI request you stay in my kitchen, be in my hierarchy.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Great-grandfather supersized and confused, shivered to flee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After I thought to myself, \u201cI desire to complete my journey\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Decisions, decisions, he looked in the emperor\u2019s eyes<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI am privileged to thank your\u00a0grace\u00a0but I must decline,\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n My journey has just begun, my soul desires to fly.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Grant me this wish for a bird in a cage, is a bird destined to die.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Weining Wang \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 As I child, my great-grandfather frequently recalled, \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 His life as a chef in the imperial kitchen.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The kitchen, marvelous, was built of diamonds and gold.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He glazed the herbal spices all over the chicken.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0… <\/p>\n