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16 Reasons Why Hawaii is Pretttttty Much The Bomb
Updated:View Post: 16 Reasons Why Hawaii is Pretttttty Much The BombDid you know that Hawaii is the most remote island chain in the world? I didn’t. A few months ago, it seemed like a really convenient option for our next family vacation, because meeting “halfway” between Beijing and NJ in…
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Scallion Ginger Cantonese Crab
Updated:View Post: Scallion Ginger Cantonese CrabI don’t claim that this Scallion Ginger Cantonese crab is the easiest recipe to make, but follow these directions and you’ll be in for a real treat. Really, the challenge comes from uh…dispatching and prepping the crab. Once you’ve gone…
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Beijinger Beach Weekend
Updated:View Post: Beijinger Beach WeekendQinhuangdao City of Hebei Province is about 280 km due east from the center of Beijing. The locals had told me that everyone heads out there for the seafood, bbq, and beach time, so what could be a better place…
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Chinese Spicy Eight Treasures Stir Fry
Updated:View Post: Chinese Spicy Eight Treasures Stir FryThis spicy eight treasures stir fry dish is much beloved by many, our family included. It’s called “Eight Treasures” for a reason. Eight is a really lucky number in Chinese culture. A dish with 8 main ingredients? It’s luck in…
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Spicy Tofu “Noodles” with Chicken
Updated:View Post: Spicy Tofu “Noodles” with ChickenSo I was conducting a routine fridge inventory to assess what I wanted to use (i.e. what could last another few days vs. what had been sitting there a little too long and desperately needed to be cooked). There was…
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Sliced Pork Belly with Spicy Garlic Peanut Sauce
Updated:View Post: Sliced Pork Belly with Spicy Garlic Peanut SauceWe’ve recently updated this recipe! Check out our new Suan Ni Bai Rou recipe here. This is a Sichuan dish called Suan Ni Bai Rou (蒜泥白肉) – literally translated as “garlic paste white meat.” Not exactly the best of names,…
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Quick Cucumber Salad with Asian Dressing
Updated:View Post: Quick Cucumber Salad with Asian DressingCucumbers are a great summer food, and in Beijing, they’re actually a common snack. When you take a walk in the park or head out to a tourist attraction or other landmark, you can see people just gnawing on fresh…
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Low Carb Asian Turkey Lettuce Cups with Avocado
Updated:View Post: Low Carb Asian Turkey Lettuce Cups with AvocadoIn China, I once had this dish of stir-fried vegetables and ground pork combined in a tasty mix and served with freshly steamed buns. You take the tasty filling and eat it with the bread, making for a delicious combination.…
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Shanghai-Style Spring Rolls
Updated:View Post: Shanghai-Style Spring RollsBefore immigrating to the US when I was sixteen, this was the only spring roll recipe I knew. It’s not to say that other versions didn’t exist, it’s just that I didn’t come face to face with them. Traveling wasn’t…
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THE MONGOLIAN EXPERIENCE
Updated:View Post: THE MONGOLIAN EXPERIENCEIt all started with a bus. A bus parked outside a luxury mall on one of Beijing’s many busy thoroughfares, revved and ready, seats half full, shooting exhaust out into the hot, sticky air. We got out of the taxi,…
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Red Cooked Pork (Hong Shao Rou): Grandma’s Version
Updated:View Post: Red Cooked Pork (Hong Shao Rou): Grandma’s VersionHere’s the final recipe in this first “Cooking with Grandma” series. We’re going out with a bang with this red cooked pork – hong shao rou. Today, we come to you with Hong Shao Rou, our grandma’s version. She makes…
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ON LOCATION IN HONGCUN
Updated:View Post: ON LOCATION IN HONGCUNOkay, so if you’ve seen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon… (as in, swordfights/intrigue/flying through bamboo forests/repressed female ambition) then you’ve actually seen this place—an ancient Chinese village in Anhui Province called Hongcun. I mean, come on. Can’t you see ALL of…
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Pan-Fried Tofu with Soy Dipping Sauce
Updated:View Post: Pan-Fried Tofu with Soy Dipping SauceAnother easy-to-follow yet delicious recipe from Grandma coming atcha! This pan-fried tofu is a really easy way to make tofu. By pan-frying it, you get a nice, slightly crispy texture on it and then dip it in this awesome sauce. We…
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Peaches, Tchotchkes, and Some Healthy Pushing/Shoving
Updated:View Post: Peaches, Tchotchkes, and Some Healthy Pushing/ShovingThe peach festival has come and gone. If you haven’t already read a little about it in our Peach Pie post, it’s an annual church sale in our area where people donate all their unwanted housewares, kitchen items, Christmas decorations, furniture,…
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Peach Pie Recipe
Updated:View Post: Peach Pie RecipeHeyyy ya’lllllllll (I like to pretend to be southern when making, talking about, and/or eating peach pie. It’s the whole Georgia peach thing, I think). I’m weird. Told you we’d have a peach pie recipe up on the blog before…
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Jersey Peaches vs. Beijing Peaches
Updated:View Post: Jersey Peaches vs. Beijing PeachesIn a contest between peaches from NJ and peaches from Beijing, there is no contest. Jersey peaches are the best. I say this of course, without having ever tried Georgia peaches. But every summer, the peaches we get around our…
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A Day at the Beach
Updated:View Post: A Day at the BeachAh, the beach. The sun! the sand! The beach umbrellas dotting the horizon! After a particularly rainy June and a scorching July, the weather has finally been cooperating around here. It was a sunny, breezy 80 degrees when a couple…
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Chinese Braised Beef Shank
Updated:View Post: Chinese Braised Beef ShankChinese Braised Beef Shank is a traditional cold sliced beef dish that’s often found as an appetizer at Chinese banquet-style dinners. It’s great on its own or garnished with some sesame seeds and chopped scallion. Oh yeah, and this is…
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