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Hong Shao Kao Fu: Braised Wheat Gluten with Mushrooms
Updated:View Post: Hong Shao Kao Fu: Braised Wheat Gluten with MushroomsHong Shao Kao Fu, (红烧烤麸) is a Shanghainese vegetarian cold appetizer. Kao fu is a form of wheat gluten, often sold dried, that tastes kind of like tofu. What a lot of people don’t know about Chinese food is the…
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Pea & Carrot Soup
Updated:View Post: Pea & Carrot SoupPeas and carrots. The stuff of old-school cafeteria lunch lines, bizarre All That sketches, and Forrest Gump’s propensity for metaphor and simile. Yes, it may seem like a somewhat tired combination, bordering on the cliché. But hark, what light from yonder…
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Stir-fried Pink Amaranth Greens
Updated:View Post: Stir-fried Pink Amaranth GreensWe wanted to feature this Chinese spinach amaranth vegetable on the blog today, because it’s popping up all over the market, and it’s really just a gorgeous, healthy green that you should try if you haven’t already! It’s called “amaranth”,…
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Maple Roasted Nuts
Updated:View Post: Maple Roasted NutsThese maple roasted nuts are a great snack or treat. They also make a great food gift to give around the holidays, a special addition to an ice cream sundae bar, or a topping for salads! Maple Roasted Nuts: A…
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Homemade Sweet Sesame Crisps
Updated:View Post: Homemade Sweet Sesame CrispsSo we had a long, arduous, and patently ridiculous argument about what to call these flat, round, sesame thingies. We debated calling them cookies, cookie crisps (which just made me think about overenthusiastic cereal slinging mascots), “crunches” (whaa??), and crackers. But…
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Beef Asparagus Stir fry
Updated:View Post: Beef Asparagus Stir fryWe’re just starting to see spring asparagus in the markets these days, and I saw a really fresh selection today. In fact, the asparagus was so fresh that I decided to make a beef asparagus stir fry with some of…
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9-Layer Chinese Scallion Pancakes
Updated:View Post: 9-Layer Chinese Scallion PancakesFor a long time, when I would try to make scallion pancakes, I would end up with a lifeless, flat cracker resembling matzo (which is good stuff, but probably not the best comparison for a pancake). I eventually realized that…
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Beef Stew w/ Lemon Parsley Gremolata
Updated:View Post: Beef Stew w/ Lemon Parsley GremolataHallelujah! Winter is over! Well, before we move into summery salads and light, fruity desserts, how’s abouta last hurrah of hearty, wintry, gravy-drippiness? This Beef Stew is full of herbs, red wine, and veggies. The addition of the lemon parsley…
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Quick Korean BBQ w/ Pork Belly
Updated:View Post: Quick Korean BBQ w/ Pork BellyAhhh, Korean BBQ. That delightful and trendy culinary experience that tantalizes the carnivore’s taste buds. It’s a wonderfully simple meal that requires minimal cooking, and contrary to the name, doesn’t actually require a grill. You don’t even need a hotplate…
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Baked Honey Sriracha Chicken Wings
Updated:View Post: Baked Honey Sriracha Chicken WingsDid you ever go to a party or gathering when the next day, the most memorable thing was something you ate there? These Honey Sriracha chicken wings are one of those things. I have three words for these Honey Sriracha Chicken…
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A Trio of Pinchos: Basque Country Favorites
Updated:View Post: A Trio of Pinchos: Basque Country FavoritesThree recipes for the price of one today! Pinchos, or pintxos, are a Spanish snack related to tapas, but usually served on bread and skewered with toothpicks to keep the toppings on the bread (and to keep track of how…
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Ratatouille Pasta
Updated:View Post: Ratatouille PastaThis roasted ratatouille pasta is not just an incredibly delicious pasta recipe when eggplant, tomatoes, and zucchini are in season, it’s also (in our humble opinion) the best way to make ratatouille! If you’ve been dissatisfied by overly wet, bland…
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Honey Banana Cake
Updated:View Post: Honey Banana CakeFor dessert at the Indian Extravaganza posted a couple days ago: Honey Banana Cake! I am of the opinion that one can never have enough banana dessert recipes. Our impulse to buy an entire bunch of bananas at the market…
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Indian Lamb Curry
Updated:View Post: Indian Lamb CurryWe LOVE Indian food. Every time we visit Kaitlin at college, we go to this Indian buffet place and eat an obscene amount of daal, aloo gobi, and saag paneer. We carb it up with loads of naan, rice, and…
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Hong Kong Style Clay Pot Rice Bowl
Updated:View Post: Hong Kong Style Clay Pot Rice BowlThe Rice Bowl To End All Rice Bowls. The Clay Pot Rice Bowl That Launched A Thousand Ships. The rice bowl that needs only fifteen short minutes of cooking time before you’re happily scarfing it down. This Clay Pot Rice…
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Pumpkin Cake w/ Mexican Chocolate Whipped Cream
Updated:View Post: Pumpkin Cake w/ Mexican Chocolate Whipped CreamThis. Cake. It lights up my life. It’s the wind beneath my wings. It has made it into the pantheon that is my top five list of best cake recipes of all time. I mean, come on. A pumpkin cake,…
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Lightning Lunchtime Chicken & Rice
Updated:View Post: Lightning Lunchtime Chicken & RiceLightning. Meteorological phenomenon? Or the perfect metaphor for this chicken & rice dish? When the midday hunger pangs strike without warning and you’re at home cooking for yourself (as I usually am), this lightning-fast chicken & rice is the perfect…
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Chinese Scallion Rolls with Bacon
Updated:View Post: Chinese Scallion Rolls with BaconThese little crispy, fluffy, chewy pillows of scallion-y deliciousness were a must-order at the Chinese grocery store we used to frequent in the vast wild blue yonder of suburban NJ (as opposed to the vast, wild gray setting we find ourselves…
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