Diep Tran

T?t marks the beginning of the new year in the lunar calendar and its attendant rituals read like a list poem. A spray of peach blossoms for the returning spring; a platter of satsumas to invite wealth; a garland of firecrackers to chase out misfortune. To insure that your own......

To walk through the farmers market in the weeks before a feasting holiday is to be caught in a migration route. Shoppers swarm stalls to inspect squashes, tubers, and legumes. These funny birds, compelled not north- or southward, but homeward, periodically cause bottlenecks by stopping in the middle of thoroughfares......

Since September, I've been scouring the tables at the farmers market, rooting expectantly into crates and bins, pestering vendors with questions of when, now, yet? I've politely accepted samples of Honeycrisps (they're very sweet) and respectfully listened to extolments of Pink Ladys ("a lovely eating apple"). I've bought a few......