Background
Paget, Ruth Pennington was born on December 12, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Clarence and Beatrice May Pennington.
(More Leisure than Money: Tales of a Military Wife in Virg...)
More Leisure than Money: Tales of a Military Wife in Virginia shares secrets for creating roots wherever the global economy may take you at the same time that it evokes Virginia’s colonial and civil war history. As a Navy wife, author Ruth Pennington Paget created roots for her family by keeping family journals, visiting museums and historic sites, and frequenting the library among other activities. Paget’s series of global era memoirs beginning with The Edible Tao enliven history and encourage readers to write their own life stories. Praise for Ruth Pennington Paget’s previous books: Paget writes well, and her account of this youthful experience will interest those interested in multi-cultural experiences. —Silas Spaeth, The Californian Since her youth, Paget has always been fascinated with ethnic cuisine and she shares that enthusiasm in these captivating essays. —Bob Walch, Monterey County Herald Eating Soup With Chopsticks is written in Ruth’s breezy, dialogue-rich style—a fun read. —Sue Fishkoff, Monterey County Weekly
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(My sister worked as a waitress at the Ho-Ho Inn, a Chines...)
My sister worked as a waitress at the Ho-Ho Inn, a Chinese restaurant, on Cass Street in Detroit. She sat a plate of Egg Foo Yung in front of five-year-old me. I had a way with words and quickly renamed this Egg Foo "Yuck." Tears ran down my cheeks as I thought about eating this worm-like mess of food. The Chinese waiter called George came in and looked at me. He took the Egg Foo "Yuck" and threw it in the garbage. Then he went to the freezer and got me one of those ice cream treats that Chinese restaurants serve; a coconut flavored outer shell of ice cream surrounding a mango core.My sister came in and glared at me. George said, "She ate everything, so I gave her an ice cream." I smiled sweetly at George. My love for the Chinese, if not their food, began at that instant.-The Edible Tao
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(Ideas for living the good life on a shoestring budget run...)
Ideas for living the good life on a shoestring budget run throughout Edible Alchemy: Making Life Magic, a book of restaurant reviews, holiday celebrations, and travel memoirs. Ruth Pennington Paget delves into the culinary culture of the ethnic restaurants she takes her family and friends to as a way to enrich life. She explores the universal aspirations that render life sacred in her food stories about Greek Orthodoxy's Epiphany and New Year's, Islam's Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, Judaism's Rosh Hashanah, and Hispanic Day of the Dead. The travel memoirs from the time she lived in Europe and Wisconsin recount her foibles as an innocent abroad and new mother. Ultimately, Edible Alchemy will inspire one to write one's own life story. Praise for Ruth Pennington Paget's previous work: "Eating Soup with Chopsticks is written in Ruth's breezy, dialogue-rich style--a fun read." --Sue Fishkoff, Monterey County Weekly "Since her youth, Paget has always been fascinated with ethnic cuisine and she shares that enthusiasm in these captivating essays." --Bob Walch, Monterey County Herald
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(The Youth for Understanding volunteer said that Americans...)
The Youth for Understanding volunteer said that Americans wear a pair of blue sunglasses that represent the way we see the world given our cultural background. People in a foreign country wear yellow sunglasses that represent their cultural background.-Eating Soup with ChopsticksRuth Pennington Paget's amusing tale of trying not to see green delves into food, fine art, and first love as a sixteen-year-old exchange student in Japan. Her funny escapades remind us that many paths lead to the same mountain top.
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Paget, Ruth Pennington was born on December 12, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Clarence and Beatrice May Pennington.
Bachelor in East Asian Studies, University Chicago, 1986. M Library and Information Science, San Jose State University, California, 2006.
Marketing manager T.L.I. International, Chicago, 1985—1987. Japanese services secretary Ernst & Young, 1987—1988. Japanese service coordinator Deloitte & Touche, Paris, 1989—1991.
Bilingual market researcher Chamberlain Research, Madison, Wisconsin, 1996—1997. Focus group recruiter Martin Focus Groups, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1997—1999. Freelance reviewer California, since 2000.
Administrative assistant California State University, Monterey, 2002—2006. Supervising library youth services Monterey County Free Libraries, Marina, since 2006.
(More Leisure than Money: Tales of a Military Wife in Virg...)
(Ideas for living the good life on a shoestring budget run...)
(The Youth for Understanding volunteer said that Americans...)
(My sister worked as a waitress at the Ho-Ho Inn, a Chines...)
Vice president young executives American Chamber of Commerce, Paris, 1989—1991. Family group secretary United States Ship Austin United States Navy, Norfolk, Virginia, 1997—1999. Cross-cultural trainer Youth for Understanding, Paris, 1986—1994, Chicago, 1986—1994.
Vice president Friends of Seaside Public Library., 2004—2005.
Married Laurent Albert Paget, July 16, 1988. 1 child Florence Isabelle Winifred.