Peninsula Volunteers, Inc. with Author, Shirley Fong-Torres
Join Shirley at two events on October 23!
Chef, author, and culinary humorist, Shirley Fong-Torres will be at Bloomingdale’s Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto on October 23 signing copies of her just released book called “The Woman Who Ate Chinatown: A San Francisco Odyssey.” This is part of Bloomingdale’s The Shopping Benefit which celebrates local charities with a day of shopping, entertainment, prizes, and celebrities.
Shirley will be selling and signing personalized copies of her book that will support the Peninsula Volunteers, Inc. one of the nation’s leading organizations in the provision of services designed to support the welfare of senior members of our community.
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Join me at a fundraiser for the ACCT, Sunday Oct. 26th at 3 PM, hosted by the China Stix Restaurant!
Shirley Fong-Torres wants to know if she should wear the black blouse with the Asian design or the less whimsical top she has on already. 
How do you get to Chinatown? How do you truly taste and shop in Chinatown? Where is the best dim sum, the most knowledgeable herbalist and the finest oolong tea? Where can you hear the ‘clicking’ sounds of mahjong, the calls of the marketplace, and the sounds of pork roasting in a homemade Hoisin sauce? How do you walk the steps of history through San Francisco’s Chinatown Portsmouth Square or the Stockton Street Market Place? The answer to these questions and so much more lies within the pages of the latest book by author, educator, celebrity chef, humorist, television and airline ‘in-flight’ personality, and founder and owner of the San Francisco award-winning Wok Wiz Chinatown Tours & Cooking Center, Shirley Fong-Torres.
I am a member of ACCT, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary on January 20 at Merlion Restaurant and Bar in Cupertino. If you’re up for some fun and good food, please join us in celebrating ACCT’s silver anniversary as well as Chinese New Year, Year of the Rat 4706. We want a full house of 150.