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Flaky Apple Pie
Updated:View Post: Flaky Apple PieApple pie is the quintessential fall dessert. My version features an extra flaky crust (the secret is less water in the dough than most conventional pie crust recipes call for), and a tender, not-too-sweet apple filling. With a scoop of…
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What is White Pepper?
Posted:View Post: What is White Pepper?You’ll see white pepper in the ingredients lists of many of our Chinese recipes. In fact, if pepper is in a Chinese or other Asian recipe, it’s almost always white pepper rather than black. But what is white pepper exactly,…
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Chicken Mei Fun
Updated:View Post: Chicken Mei FunThis Chicken Mei Fun (also sometimes spelled mai fun) recipe is a basic home-style thin rice noodle dish. If you’ve built an essential Chinese pantry of just 10 ingredients, you should have everything you need to make it. A Flexible…
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Vegetarian Hot & Sour Soup
Posted:View Post: Vegetarian Hot & Sour SoupThis vegetarian hot and sour soup is a meat-free version of a Chinese takeout favorite that also happens to be one of our most popular recipes on the blog! You won’t miss the meat, as hot and sour soup already…
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The Woks of Life Gets a Redesign!
Updated:View Post: The Woks of Life Gets a Redesign!Hi everyone! As you may have noticed, things are looking a little different around the blog. We’re SO excited to announce and launch our new site design today. Don’t panic! It’s the same old Woks of Life, with all your…
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Homemade Multigrain Flour
Updated:View Post: Homemade Multigrain FlourMultigrain flour has become a mainstay in our house. Made with a blend of our favorite grains and seeds, it’s a healthy base for baking all of our favorite breads at home! Making A Wholesome Multigrain Flour Judy has always…
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Mohonk Mountain Hiking: A Family Tradition
Updated:View Post: Mohonk Mountain Hiking: A Family TraditionThis post on Mohonk mountain hiking has come out of a family tradition of visiting over the years. Recently, our family drove up to see my dad’s childhood friend, who still lives in the area, and made a random weekday…
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Snow Skin Mooncakes
Updated:View Post: Snow Skin MooncakesSnow Skin Mooncakes have taken the mooncake world by storm! They’re snowy white rather than the traditional golden brown pastry, and people have gone gaga for them. With the Mid-Autumn Festival coming up, I knew I had to develop the…
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Singapore Noodles (Singapore Mei Fun)
Updated:View Post: Singapore Noodles (Singapore Mei Fun)Our Singapore Noodles recipe tastes just like what you’d get at any Chinese takeout or Cantonese restaurant. Or perhaps it’s even better, because we don’t skimp on the curry powder! We hope you give it a try and enjoy this…
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Salt and Pepper Tofu
Posted:View Post: Salt and Pepper TofuOur Chinese Salt and Pepper Tofu recipe is a vegan/vegetarian interpretation of a classic Cantonese flavor pairing. If you love the combination of salt and white pepper as much as we do, this recipe will become a new favorite! White…
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Sichuan Peppercorns
Updated:View Post: Sichuan PeppercornsAn essential ingredient in Sichuan cooking, Sichuan peppercorns (huā jiāo, 花椒) give spicy Sichuan dishes their unique mouth-numbing quality. Along with spicy Chinese chilies, they create a flavor known as mala (麻辣), or “numbing-spicy.” This unique taste profile is characteristic…
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Vegan Adobo
Updated:View Post: Vegan AdoboThis vegan adobo is a plant-based version of a classic Filipino dish. Chicken Adobo has grown to become one of our favorite go-to dishes, sparking offshoots like Pork Adobo (which is excellent on little mini sliders for a party, in…
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Zha Cai Rousi Mian (Shredded Pork with Zha Cai Noodle Soup)
Updated:View Post: Zha Cai Rousi Mian (Shredded Pork with Zha Cai Noodle Soup)This bowl of Zha Cai Rousi Mian is as tasty as it is easy. It’s one of my favorite quick meals, and also my kryptonite at any restaurant that serves it. If I see it on a menu, I have…
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How to Make Lotus Seed Paste
Posted:View Post: How to Make Lotus Seed PasteToday, we’re going to talk about how to make lotus seed paste for mooncakes, steamed buns, and other Chinese pastries. With the Mid-Autumn Festival (mooncake season) coming up, I thought I’d post a recipe for this delicious filling, so you…
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How to Make Golden Syrup
Updated:View Post: How to Make Golden SyrupGolden syrup isn’t an ingredient commonly used here in the U.S. However, it’s often essential to British cooking and baking, and it’s also used in some Chinese traditional desserts, like mooncakes. Golden syrup is extremely easy to make at home,…
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Chinese Year of the Horse
Updated:View Post: Chinese Year of the Horse1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026 The Chinese year of the Horse is the seventh year of the 12-year-cycle of Chinese Zodiac animals, finishing in 7th place in the race to the Heavenly Gate. The old Chinese story…
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Cha Gio (Vietnamese Fried Spring Rolls)
Updated:View Post: Cha Gio (Vietnamese Fried Spring Rolls)Vietnamese Fried Spring Rolls, or cha gio, are a popular and tasty appetizer. If you eat out at Vietnamese restaurants, you’ve probably tried these tasty morsels. Now you can make them at home! The first time I had good cha…
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Ultimate Roasted Tomato Meat Sauce
Updated:View Post: Ultimate Roasted Tomato Meat SauceThis recipe for our family’s ultimate roasted tomato meat sauce is the perfect way to show off sweet late summer tomatoes. Like in Sarah’s Slow-Roasted Tomato Pasta recipe, roasting the tomatoes before adding them to the sauce heightens their tomato…
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