Indie bookstores and dumplings

Part I of I-can't-believe-I get-to-write-things-I-love: indie bookstores! There is a bookstore dedicated to design/architecture books, a bookstore for cookbooks, a bookstore where the books are organized by emotion. We're a city of readers.

Part II of I-can't-believe-I get-to-write-things-I-love: dumplings! How to make them (and where to buy the best frozen ones, let's get real) in this month's issue of Seattle's Child. This is my mom making dumplings from scratch:

The dough is just flour and hot water, kneaded together. Roll it into a long tube and cut the dough into small pieces.
Roll the dough out into wrappers.
Stuff the wrappers with filling.
Pinch the dumplings closed.
Finished dumplings.
Ready to boil.

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