The week in ingredients
Gargantuan 50-Yuan bill with Shanghai skyline rendered entirely in the medium of eggs. I'm not sure how much 50 Yuan translates to in US dollars, but I bet it's not enough to buy all those eggs. [World of Wonder]
Hurry -- last chance to bid on your very own pet sweet potato!
Crustacean inflation: 12-pound Canadian Emperor crab served up in some indeterminate restaurant in some indeterminate city's Chinatown.
Spring marches (or is that aprils?) on at the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market: Broccoli shoots, snap peas, wild flowering arugula, spearmint, Pinkerton avocados, yellow chard, lettuce and sorrel are highlighted this week.