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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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Longevity Noodles – Yi Mein (伊面）
Updated:View Post: Longevity Noodles – Yi Mein (伊面）Longevity Noodles (yī miàn, 伊面), also known as yi mein or e-fu noodles, symbolize long life and can always be found on the banquet table at Chinese celebrations. Long noodles, long life, right? (We should make a t-shirt.) Actually, any type…
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Steamed Pork with Rice Powder (Fen Zheng Rou)
Updated:View Post: Steamed Pork with Rice Powder (Fen Zheng Rou)I know many of you are planning special dishes for the upcoming Chinese New Year festival. Today, I want to talk about a distinctive Chinese New Year dish: Steamed Pork with Rice Powder, or Fen Zheng Rou (粉蒸肉). This is…
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Chinese Seafood Bird Nest
Updated:View Post: Chinese Seafood Bird NestThe Chinese seafood bird nest is a seafood lover’s delight, usually served at high-end Chinese restaurants specializing in Cantonese cuisine. It may also be seen at a traditional 10-course Chinese banquet for weddings, Lunar New Year’s meals, birthdays, anniversaries, and…
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Spicy Cumin Lamb Biang Biang Noodles
Updated:View Post: Spicy Cumin Lamb Biang Biang NoodlesIf this recipe for Spicy Cumin Lamb Biang Biang Noodles piqued your interest, you’re probably in one of two camps: 1. The “Hm, this looks intriguing” camp: You saw the picture of the finished dish and thought, “Hm, this looks…
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Braised Daikon with Salted Pork & Glass Noodles
Updated:View Post: Braised Daikon with Salted Pork & Glass NoodlesI’m pretty excited about our Homemade Chinese Salted Pork recipe, which we posted last week. So if you decide to make a batch of salted pork, here’s a follow-up recipe for how to use it: Braised Daikon with Salted Pork and…
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Quick and Easy Kimchi Ramen
Updated:View Post: Quick and Easy Kimchi RamenThis quick and easy kimchi ramen can be whipped up with just a few ingredients and less than 15 minutes. It’s spicy, tasty, and super satisfying. Improving a Packet of Instant Ramen I’m always in the market for new ways…
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Shrimp Fried Rice
Updated:View Post: Shrimp Fried RiceShrimp Fried Rice was one of the most popular fried rice dishes in my parents’ Chinese takeout restaurant. People would order Shrimp Fried Rice by the quart, and it seemed like we were always peeling shrimp to keep up with…
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Homemade Chinese Salted Pork (腌咸肉)
Updated:View Post: Homemade Chinese Salted Pork (腌咸肉)Many Chinese people love good salted pork or yān xián ròu (腌咸肉) when dining out, but few ever bother to find out how to make it at home. In my case, I used to just ask my aunt to make…
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Sarah’s Strawberry Cheesecake
Updated:View Post: Sarah’s Strawberry CheesecakeWhile I realize that it’s a bit counter-intuitive to be posting a Strawberry Cheesecake recipe on the second day of the new year, as many of us are listing out our New Year’s Resolutions and getting ready to make 2017 a year of…
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