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Green Eggs and Ham Grilled Cheese
Updated:View Post: Green Eggs and Ham Grilled CheeseWe’ve partnered with Cobblestone Bread Co. to create this post! Enjoy! As kids, a pretty huge part of your identity takes shape in the cafeteria at lunch time. What are you eating? Who are you talking to? Who are you…
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Chinese Hamburger, Rou Jia Mo 肉夹馍
Updated:View Post: Chinese Hamburger, Rou Jia Mo 肉夹馍Did you know the Chinese Hamburger, or Rou Jia Mo (肉夹馍), was named Shaanxi Province’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of 2016? So the title doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, but regardless, I’d say it’s a well-deserved honor! From the Cuisine…
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Winter…in Cape Cod?
Updated:View Post: Winter…in Cape Cod?Late February. You’re still in the throes of winter, and grey skies, puffy coats, and frosty mornings have been part of your daily routine for the better part three months. The “magic” of winter seems to have disappeared. The Christmas…
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Sichuan Boiled Fish (Shui Zhu Yu, 水煮鱼)
Updated:View Post: Sichuan Boiled Fish (Shui Zhu Yu, 水煮鱼)Sichuan Boiled Fish, or shui zhu yu, is all the rage these days. I think it might be THE most popular dish in all of China right now. For my part, Shui zhu yu is one of the dishes that…
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Hong Kong Curry Fish Balls
Updated:View Post: Hong Kong Curry Fish BallsIf you’ve ever walked along the streets of Hong Kong smelling the delicious smells of street food stalls hawking everything from seafood, to noodles, to Hong Kong egg tarts, you’ve undoubtedly seen these Hong Kong-style Curry Fish Balls. Fish balls…
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Ching Po Leung Cantonese Herb Pork Bone Soup
Updated:View Post: Ching Po Leung Cantonese Herb Pork Bone SoupThis Cantonese Herb Pork Bone Soup, (Ching Po Leung in Cantonese or Qing Bu Liang in Mandarin – 清补凉猪骨汤), is probably my favorite Chinese soup. We make it quite often in our family, especially during the cold winter months. A…
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10-Minute Korean Crispy Pork Belly Kimchi Bowls
Updated:View Post: 10-Minute Korean Crispy Pork Belly Kimchi BowlsWhen I first discovered the king of cuisines that is Korean food, I never really contemplated the idea of trying to cook it at home. Recreating the many dishes I would enjoy in New York City’s Koreatown seemed like a distant…
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Pork Bone Congee
Updated:View Post: Pork Bone CongeePork bone congee, or zhū gu zhōu, or, more familiar to me in Cantonese phonetics, “gee gwut jook,” is a simple rice congee dish flavored with a meaty pork bone stock. My Mom’s Favorite Congee I remember this pork bone…
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Traditional Welsh Cakes
Updated:View Post: Traditional Welsh CakesWell, it’s Valentine’s Day. Take a moment to turn away from the plastered explosions of pink and red. The cheap stuffed bears clinging to stuffed hearts. The rows and rows of cloyingly sweet boxes of chocolates. Instead, what better way…
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How to Make Soy Milk at Home
Updated:View Post: How to Make Soy Milk at HomeI don’t know when it was exactly that my days of drinking a glass of milk with every meal ended, but I think it was around the same time that one of our family friends turned vegan and started solemnly…
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Chicken Pot Pie
Updated:View Post: Chicken Pot PieWhen I was young, my mother always made sure that we ate a dinner comprised of a protein, a starch (most often rice, natch, because, hey, we’re Chinese), and—most importantly, a vegetable. These days, even still, my mother complains if…
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Bison Chili
Updated:View Post: Bison ChiliWe’ve all got burning questions in life. Some philosophical, some silly, some random, some nagging, some deep. Today, I’d like to address one of mine. Is a buffalo the same as a bison? It’s one of those questions that’s so…
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Braised Pork Trotters with Soybeans
Updated:View Post: Braised Pork Trotters with SoybeansListen up, people! Don’t let the words, “pork trotters” (also known less delicately as pig’s feet) deter you from reading this post! While it may be hard to believe, this porky extremity is actually a well-known Asian beauty secret. It’s…
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A 2-Part Recipe: Roast Chicken & Stock
Updated:View Post: A 2-Part Recipe: Roast Chicken & StockA roast chicken is often seen as a “special occasion” meal—something that you’d serve guests, or for a special family gathering. I suppose there’s something about preparing and cooking an entire bird that feels complicated. It feels like a process…
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Chinese Year of the Rooster
Updated:View Post: Chinese Year of the Rooster1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029 The Chinese year of the Rooster is the tenth year of the 12-year-cycle of Chinese Zodiac animals, finishing in 10th place in the race to the Heavenly Gate. The old Chinese story…
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Chinese New Year Recipes & Recipe Requests
Updated:View Post: Chinese New Year Recipes & Recipe RequestsLeading up to 2017 Chinese New Year (which is tomorrow, January 28!), we wanted to publish our Chinese New Year 2017 Recipes updated from our Chinese New year post from last year, updated with all of the recipes that we released…
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Steamed Vegetable Buns
Updated:View Post: Steamed Vegetable BunsToday, vegetarians and vegans, we’re talking to you! These Steamed Vegetable Buns are 100% vegan—and delicious. After our recent posts of the Perfect Prime Rib Roast and Bill’s Pernil-Style Pork Roast to name a few, I felt the need to…
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Coconut Tapioca Dessert with Sweet Rice Balls
Updated:View Post: Coconut Tapioca Dessert with Sweet Rice BallsWhen it comes to Chinese New Year, there’s so much devotion to dinner, that it’s pretty common to just lose steam by the time you get to the question of dessert. We know this is true for our family. We…
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