Do, a fine arts graduate of Eastern, encountered American baking at Eastern, where she first tasted New England poppy seed cake. Soon after, she joined a class at a baking school in addition to carrying her academic courses. In her school, Do teaches the way to make Boston cream pies and devil's food cake. While she teaches, she shares her experiences in Connecticut. The school is popular to a wide variety of people, and because Do's instruction and recipes are in English, the students learn some of the language.
Students can taste their own cakes after each class.
McGuire worked at an archeological dig in Mongolia. The dig in the valley revealed the existence of different types of sites from a variety of time periods. These include extensive ethnic monasteries hundreds of years old and numerous burial sites dating back to the Mongol Empire. McGuire worked with American and Mongolian archeologists and Mongol students. At the site, McGuire found a clash between modern technology and ancient history.