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The Woks of Life’s Top 50 Most Underrated Recipes
Posted:View Post: The Woks of Life’s Top 50 Most Underrated RecipesToday we turn to 50 underrated recipes that have simply flown under the radar. Under-loved and sometimes almost completely unknown (unless you counted yourself as an original reader back in the early 2010s), these recipes deserve more! These recipes are…
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Cookbook Behind the Scenes + Call for Reviews!
Updated:View Post: Cookbook Behind the Scenes + Call for Reviews!In this cookbook behind the scenes post, we share a look behind the curtain, from the messy reality behind each beautiful food picture in the book, to our fun lifestyle shoot with Christine Han! Cookbook Excitement! Our cookbook, The Woks…
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Char Siu Chicken
Updated:View Post: Char Siu ChickenChar Siu Chicken is an easy alternative to our popular roast pork char siu. If you can’t eat pork or just prefer chicken, this oven-roasted char siu chicken recipe is for you! This post contains a video that will autoplay…
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Fall Garden Tour 2022
Updated:View Post: Fall Garden Tour 2022The year has come full circle here at The Woks of Life HQ. It was around late September of last year that we packed up our old home and moved into an 18th Century farmhouse—nearly getting crushed under a wall…
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Two Days in Oxford
Updated:View Post: Two Days in OxfordIt’s Kaitlin—I’m back with another adventure! Oxford is a beautiful city full of history and charm. Here’s a look at what we did during a quick two days in Oxford—a detour on my trip to London. As promised in my…
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Our Go-to Macaroni and Cheese
Updated:View Post: Our Go-to Macaroni and CheeseFinally, we’ve found our family’s perfect Macaroni and Cheese! This mac and cheese is everything I want—it has a creamy cheese sauce, with delicious fall flavors that meld together perfectly: rosemary, nutmeg, garlic, and bay leaf. I know what you’re…
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How to Grow Daikon Radish
Updated:View Post: How to Grow Daikon RadishOur How to Grow Chinese Vegetables Series continues! Today, we’re talking about how to grow Daikon Radish, a tasty, mild, and sweet winter radish that we use a lot in our cooking. If you’re new to this series, check out…
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Fluffy Chinese Scrambled Eggs with Salted Chilies (Duo Jiao)
Posted:View Post: Fluffy Chinese Scrambled Eggs with Salted Chilies (Duo Jiao)I have these melt-in-your-mouth fluffy Chinese scrambled eggs with salted chilies (i.e. Hunan-style duò jiāo – 剁椒) at least 2 times a week if I’m on my own. I’ll eat it any time of day—breakfast, lunch, or dinner. In fact,…
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The Woks of Life Guide to Manhattan Chinatown
Updated:View Post: The Woks of Life Guide to Manhattan ChinatownToday, we’re talking about a topic near and dear to our hearts: Chinatown. For generations of our family, the Chinatowns of New York City were a refuge—a place where cherished ingredients could be found, where family has gathered for weddings,…
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25 of Our Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes
Updated:View Post: 25 of Our Favorite Thanksgiving RecipesWith Thanksgiving just a couple weeks away, we’re rounding up ALL of our family’s favorite Thanksgiving recipes on the blog. Every year we try to update this post with new musings and recipes, so even if you are a longtime…
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Wor Wonton Soup
Updated:View Post: Wor Wonton SoupWor Wonton Soup isn’t something that we grew up with, but it’s a popular Chinese takeout specialty in many parts of the United States. It’s a wonton soup with lots of vegetables, sliced chicken, roast pork, and shrimp added, to…
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Shaanxi Saozi Mian (陕西臊子面)
Posted:View Post: Shaanxi Saozi Mian (陕西臊子面)Saozi Mian is a noodle soup from Shaanxi province made with a wide variety of colorful ingredients. The soup itself is spicy, fragrant, and slightly sour. The combination of many textures make it uniquely satisfying. It’s a meal all in…
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The Woks of Life Cookbook: NOW AVAILABLE!
Updated:View Post: The Woks of Life Cookbook: NOW AVAILABLE!The day has at long last arrived! The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family is here, and it’s a New York Times Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, and James Beard & IACP Award nominee.…
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Chicken Egg Rolls
Updated:View Post: Chicken Egg RollsChicken egg rolls are something you hardly ever see in restaurants, as most egg rolls are made with pork. However, for those of you who don’t eat pork, or who just happen to have chicken on hand instead, this chicken…
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How to Grow Chinese Garlic Chives
Updated:View Post: How to Grow Chinese Garlic ChivesI can’t believe we’re already at the fifth installment of our How to Grow Chinese Vegetables series! We’ll be talking about how to grow garlic chives, a Chinese perennial herb that’s perhaps one of the easiest things to grow in…
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Upcoming Live Cookbook Events!
Posted:View Post: Upcoming Live Cookbook Events!Our cookbook, The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know & Love from a Chinese American Family, is almost here! In just ONE WEEK on November 1, it will hit bookshelves and start landing on your doorsteps if you pre-ordered! If…
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Bo Kho: Spicy Vietnamese Beef Stew with Noodles
Posted:View Post: Bo Kho: Spicy Vietnamese Beef Stew with NoodlesBo Kho is a spicy and flavorful Vietnamese beef stew that makes for a pretty epic bowl of noodle soup. Maybe you’ve had your fill of pho or are looking for something a little different. Bho Kho with rice noodles…
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Things to Do in London
Updated:View Post: Things to Do in LondonWelcome to The Woks of Life guide on things to do in London! Fueled by a few trips to London over the years, this is NOT a local insider’s guide, but if you are a well-meaning, optimizing tourist, we hope…
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