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Youtiao Recipe (Chinese Fried Dough)
Updated:View Post: Youtiao Recipe (Chinese Fried Dough)Youtiao (油条), also known as Chinese fried dough or Chinese crullers, is a breakfast favorite in China. The Cantonese dialect has an even better name: yàuhjagwái (油炸鬼), which literally translates to “oil-fried-devil” (or ghost). I am sure there is an elaborate old folktale…
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Moo Shu Pork: The Authentic Chinese Recipe
Updated:View Post: Moo Shu Pork: The Authentic Chinese RecipeI know what you’re wondering. Hey, Judy, are you sure this is Moo Shu Pork? Where are the moo shu pancakes?! Well, I’m here to break the news to you. This is what Moo Shu Pork (木樨肉) actually looks like in…
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Shanghai Wonton Soup
Updated:View Post: Shanghai Wonton SoupIf you ask a Shanghainese person what their favorite breakfast or afternoon snack is, it’s probably going to be a steaming bowl of xiao hun tun, or “little” wonton soup (小馄饨). Most of you have probably never seen this Shanghai Wonton Soup before,…
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Young Chow Fried Rice
Updated:View Post: Young Chow Fried RiceYoung Chow fried rice (AKA Yung Chow fried rice or Yeung Chow fried rice) is actually a dish that originated from the city of Yangzhou in Jiangsu province. Early Chinese restaurant owners had to translate the name of the dish…
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Focaccia, Three Ways
Updated:View Post: Focaccia, Three WaysWhile in Italy, we were introduced to the two- or three-ingredient simplicity of an Italian sandwich. In Tuscany, we ended up in a medieval town called San Gimignano. It was a last-minute tour that our cousin Kim had booked. While…
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The Gelato Pact: Florence and Rome
Updated:View Post: The Gelato Pact: Florence and RomeIt was the fourth leg of our trip. After traversing Munich, Prague, and Greece, we were headed for our next two stops, Florence and Rome. Having been to Italy once before, Kaitlin and I decided to make a pact with our…
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Elvis French Toast
Updated:View Post: Elvis French ToastThis Elvis French toast recipe has all the ingredients loved by the King of Rock n’ Roll: peanut butter, banana, and bacon–and yes, it gets even more decadent when you top it all off with a little powdered sugar, maple…
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Spaghetti with Tomatoes, Capers, Mint & Parsley
Updated:View Post: Spaghetti with Tomatoes, Capers, Mint & ParsleySometimes, when I’m far from home and in a new place, surrounded by strangers, foreign languages, and unfamiliar surroundings, all I want to do is cook. There’s something about wandering into the local market, buying ingredients, and putting together a…
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A Big Fat Greek Adventure: Athens & Santorini
Updated:View Post: A Big Fat Greek Adventure: Athens & SantoriniAfter the, shall we say, trying experience that was our short stopover in Prague, we were all too happy to head to the peaceful sun-drenched beaches of Greece. The culture! The history! The beaches! The feta cheese! Oh, the feta…
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Prague Drama
Updated:View Post: Prague DramaIf you just stumbled on this post and aren’t sure what we’re doing in Prague, check out our first post in this travel series––a stop in Munich. You can also check out the later posts about the trip, including Athens/Santorini, Florence/Rome and Budapest. Everything that I’m…
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Egg Fried Rice
Updated:View Post: Egg Fried RiceEgg fried rice. Deceptively simple, but a huge favorite and crowd-pleaser. My egg fried rice recipe uses egg that’s slightly flavored with turmeric and paprika, which I think is a unique addition. It adds color to the dish, making it a vibrant…
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Yuanyang Tea (Hong Kong Style Tea and Coffee)
Updated:View Post: Yuanyang Tea (Hong Kong Style Tea and Coffee)Yuanyang tea is a popular drink in Hong Kong that combines the flavor of both coffee and tea into one deliciously powerful energy-giving drink! Hong Kong-ers are notoriously fast-paced and hardworking people, so figures that they would combine strong black…
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Beef with Chinese Broccoli
Updated:View Post: Beef with Chinese BroccoliStir fried Beef and Broccoli is a favorite Chinese dish all over the western world, but in China, everyone prefers Chinese broccoli, known as jie lan (Mandarin) or gai lan (Cantonese). This is no surprise, as many Chinese vegetable dishes…
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Meet Me at Marienplatz
Updated:View Post: Meet Me at Marienplatz“Let’s just meet at Marienplatz.” I say this on a late-night Skype call, to the slightly blurry faces of Sarah and our cousin, Kim, as we all pore over maps of Europe. Given the fact that both Kim and I…
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Nanjing Salted Duck
Updated:View Post: Nanjing Salted DuckNanjing Salted Duck has over 2000 years of history. It looks plain, but is packed with flavor. Unlike the White-Cut chicken or Bai Qie Ji, which tastes best with the requisite ginger scallion sauce, this Nanjing Salted Duck is just…
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Grilled Ribeye With Soy Butter Glaze
Updated:View Post: Grilled Ribeye With Soy Butter GlazeGrowing up, whenever my parents cooked steak, we always ate it the same way–with soy sauce and white rice. No bells and whistles, just a medium rare steak with some soy sauce drizzled over the top, straight from the bottle.…
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Chinese Walnut Cookies
Updated:View Post: Chinese Walnut CookiesBased on mixed results from readers, we re-tested and updated this Chinese walnut cookies recipe to include more precise measurements including weights in grams! When you’re young, it can sometimes seem like the world revolves around those sweet treats that…
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Shrimp Tacos w/ Grilled Mango & Mint Guacamole
Updated:View Post: Shrimp Tacos w/ Grilled Mango & Mint GuacamoleThe grill-fest continues on The Woks of Life! A little behind-the-scenes insight for those who wonder how we manage to publish recipes each week… Now that we’re all back in the US, about twice per month, we’ll all get together…
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