Beef chow fun is a sleeping favorite among Chinese food lovers. The problem is, the traditional version isn’t widely available, and there aren’t many good recipes out there (until now!). What Is Beef Chow Fun? Beef chow fun is a Cantonese dish made from stir-frying beef, wide rice noodles (he fen or huo fun), scallions, ginger, […]
Butterfly Shrimp with Bacon
Butterfly Shrimp with Bacon is a retro recipe that has graced Chinese restaurant menus going back to the 60s, before I was born. Similar to early Chinese American dishes like Egg Foo Young, Chop Suey, and Chicken Chow Mein, this recipe barely resembles anything you can find in China, but that doesn’t mean it’s not […]
Buckwheat Pancakes (Gluten-free!)
While I consider myself a somewhat healthy eater (though I do enjoy a good heaping bowl of pork belly), I’m not one for eating healthy food only for the sake of being healthy! So for me, Buckwheat Pancakes are one of my favorite breakfasts not just because they’re healthy, but because they’re a win-win on […]
Moab Mountain Biking on the White Rim Trail
Moab mountain biking, on the White Rim Trail through Canyonlands National Park, is the ultimate adventure trip for bikers. Whether you’re a road biker, mountain biker, or you just like riding a bike, it’s a great way to enjoy the rugged outdoors and the beautiful scenery of Moab, Utah. While I don’t have an […]
Ginger Chicken
Ginger Chicken is a homestyle Chinese dish made with lots of fresh ginger, garlic and scallions, cooked down into a sticky brown sauce great over rice or noodles. I first heard of Ginger Chicken at a Chinese restaurant in Rochester, NY, where I waited tables. In the kitchen, the Cantonese chefs referred to this Ginger […]
Fried Brown Rice
When we say Fried Brown Rice, we don’t mean white rice fried in a classic brown sauce, we’re talking about actual brown rice fried rice! Why Brown Rice? When you eat white rice, the tough outer husk, bran and germ have been removed for a pearly white grain with great texture, but it doesn’t deliver […]
Five Spice Chicken
When we bought our first house over twenty years ago and money was tight, we were always looking for good deals at the local supermarket. The Chicken leg quarters at $0.39/pound sounded pretty good. This oven-baked five spice chicken is an easy dinner we used to make on school nights, because it was easy to […]
Easy Peking Duck with Mandarin Pancakes
Ever since we left Beijing to come back to the US, one of the things we really miss is the abundance and variety of the authentic foods China had to offer, including authentic Peking Duck. What Is Peking Duck? Peking duck (as it’s commonly known in the U.S.) is a famous, centuries-old dish hailing from […]
