Mom Gets a Chinese Cooking Lesson

Rent an expert: Chinese celebrations made more meaningful
The request for Chinese cooking lessons was simple: "After adopting our daughter Olivia from China in 2001, our family has tried to learn more about Chinese culture," Susan Hunt wrote. "We love to celebrate Chinese holidays, but we have to get take-out food because I don't know how to cook any Chinese dishes. I would love to join an expert in Chinese cooking to learn recipes that I can cook to make our Chinese celebrations more meaningful."

We asked Meiling Dawson if she would be the expert. Self-taught and with a good start from her mother in Taiwan, Dawson gives cooking lessons in the kitchen of Ace Hardware's Bountiful store, and at Orson H. Gygi in South Salt Lake City.